procedure
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procedure
- /pɹəˈsiː.d͡ʒə/ UK
- /pɹəˈsi.d͡ʒɚ/ Canada, US
- /pɹəˈsiː.d͡ʒə/ Australia
- [pɹəˈsɪi.d͡ʒə] Australia
- [pɹəˈsɪ̈i.d͡ʒə] Australia
- /pɹəˈsiː.d͡ʒə/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -iːʒə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From French procédure, from Old French, from Latin procedere (“to go forward, proceed”); see proceed.
noun procedures
- A particular method for performing a task. 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.
- A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
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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.
Similar: protocol
- The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding. Gracious procedures.
- That which results; issue; product. There is not any known Substance, but Earth, and the Procedure of Earth (as Tile, Stone, &c.) that yeeldeth any Moss or Herby Substance.
- A subroutine coded to perform a specific task, which is not permitted a return value when distinguished from a function.
- A surgical operation.
Similar: function, routine, sub, subroutine, method, operation
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: process, operation, function, routine, subprogram, subroutine, method, processing, technique, how-to, procedural, procedurally, order, arrangement, forum, practice
Translations
Every language
noun method for performing a task
| Español | procedimiento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 절차 jeolcha, 수단 sudan, 방법 bangbeop |
| 日本語 | 手段 shudan, やり方 yarikata, 方法 hōhō |
| 中文 | 做法 zuòfǎ, 方法 fāngfǎ |
| हिन्दी | प्रक्रिया prakriyā, विधि vidhi, पद्धति paddhati |
| Português | procedimento |
| Français | procédé, procédure |
| Deutsch | Verfahren, Verfahrensweise, [medizinischer] Eingriff |
| Italiano | procedura, iter, procedimento, metodo |
| Ελληνικά | διαδικασία diadikasía |
| Română | procedură, procedeu |
| Русский | процеду́ра procedúra, ме́тод métod, мето́дика metódika |
| Tiếng Việt | phương pháp |
noun series of small tasks to accomplish an end
| Español | procedimiento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 절차 jeolcha |
| 日本語 | 手順 tejun, 手続き tetsuzuki, 行程 kōtei, 段取り dandori |
| 中文 | 程序 chéngxù |
| हिन्दी | विधि vidhi, प्रक्रिया prakriyā |
| Português | procedimento |
| Français | procédure |
| Deutsch | Prozess, Vorgehen, Vorgehensweise |
| Italiano | procedura |
| Русский | процеду́ра procedúra, проце́сс procéss |
| עברית | נוהל, נֹהַל nóhal |
noun set of established forms or methods of an organized body
| Español | procedimiento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 절차 jeolcha |
| 日本語 | 手順 tejun, やり方 yarikata, 流儀 ryūgi, 手続き tetsuzuki |
| 中文 | 程序 chéngxù |
| हिन्दी | कार्यपद्धति kāryapaddhati, कार्यप्रणाली kāryapraṇālī |
| Português | procedimento |
| Français | procédure |
| Deutsch | Prozedur |
| Italiano | procedura, procedimento |
| Română | procedură |
| Русский | процеду́ра procedúra, проце́сс procéss |
| العربية | اِجْرَاء ijrāʔ |
noun steps taken in a legal proceeding
| Español | procedimiento, trámite |
|---|---|
| Русский | процеду́ра procedúra, проце́сс procéss |
noun computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
| 日本語 | 手順 tejun, 行程 kōtei, プロシージャ purosīja, 手続き tetsuzuki |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 過程 /过程 guòchéng, 子程序 zǐchéngxù |
| Português | procedimento |
| Français | fonction |
| Deutsch | Unterprogramm |
| Ελληνικά | υποπρόγραμμα ypoprógramma, διαδικασία diadikasía |
| Română | funcțiune, funcție, subrutină |
| Русский | процеду́ра procedúra, фу́нкция fúnkcija, подпрогра́мма podprográmma |
| Tiếng Việt | thủ tục |
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title = {procedure},
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