procedure

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) A particular method for performing a task.
  2. (countable, uncountable) 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.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) That which results; issue; product.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task, but does not return a value.
  7. (countable, uncountable) A surgical operation.

Synonyms

process
B1
method
B2
way
A1
mode
C1
system
A2
operation
B1
course
A1
routine
B2
order
A1
proceedings
C2
sequence
C1
function
B2
policy
B2
practice
B1
work
A1
proceeding
C2
strategy
B2
subroutine
approach
B2
protocol
C1
step
A2
regulation
C2
formality
C2
action
A2
behaviour
C1
means
A1
stratagem
49k
technique
B2
activity
B2
conduct
B2
code
B1
formalities
C2
turn
A1
arrangement
C1
task
B2
subprogram
device
B2
line
A1
scheme
C1
procession
C2
program
B1
course of action
job
A1
litigation
20k
performance
B1
manner
B2
business
A1
plan
A1
standard
B2
occupation
C1
Translations

procédure
procedimiento
procedimento
procedure
procedura
procediment
procedimento
Prozedur
Verfahren

διαδικασία

procédé
werkwijze
Prozedere
Vorgang
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒə/
Etymology

From French procédure, from Old French, from Latin procedere (“to go forward, proceed”); see proceed.

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