- a way of acting or progressing in a course of action, esp an established method
- the established mode or form of conducting the business of a legislature, the enforcement of a legal right, etc
- another name for subroutine
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pro•ce•dure /prəˈsidʒɚ/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- any established way for doing something, or for conducting business: [countable]Getting a license should be a simple procedure.[uncountable]If you fail to follow correct procedure, your payments will be delayed.
pro•ce•dure
(prə sē′jər),USA pronunciation n. adj.
- an act or a manner of proceeding in any action or process;
conduct. - a particular course or mode of action.
- any given mode of conducting legal, parliamentary, or other business, esp. litigation and judicial proceedings.
- [Computers.]
- the sequence of actions or instructions to be followed in solving a problem or accomplishing a task.
- Also called subprogram. a group of statements that may be used at one or more points in a computer program.
- French procédure. See proceed, -ure
- 1605–15
- 1. management. 2. operation, maneuver, transaction. See process.
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procedure /prəˈsiːdʒə/ n
'procedure' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abortion
- accusatorial
- algorithm
- amend
- assimilate
- block
- business
- calculate
- closure
- commercialism
- consultation
- counsel
- course
- cut across
- D and C
- decidable
- depart
- DNA sequencing
- drill
- duel
- elective
- evolution
- fast-track
- form
- formulary
- hack
- heuristic
- holding operation
- indirection
- inquisitorial
- invoke
- irregularity
- kerb drill
- lines
- lockstep
- maximin
- mesotherapy
- methodology
- microdermabrasion
- minimax
- mistrial
- modus operandi
- move
- number
- operation
- operative
- order
- performance
- PET
- plumbing