Procedure

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /pɹəˈsidÊ’Éš/

Origin

From Old French procedure, from Latin procedere ("to go forward, proceed"); see proceed.

Full definition of procedure

Noun

1. A particular method for performing a task.
• 2014-06-14, It's a gas, One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
2. A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
3. (uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.
   Ensure that you follow procedure when accessing customers' personal information.
4. The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
• Isaac Taylor (1787–1865)Gracious procedures.
5. (obsolete) That which results; issue; product.
6. (computing) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task.

Synonyms

• (method) algorithm, method, process, routine
• (set of established forms or methods of an organized body) protocol
• (computing) function, routine, sub, subroutine, method although some of these have slightly differing meanings in some programming languages

Related terms

• administrative procedure
• proceed
• process
• procession

Anagrams

• reproduce