procedure
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, especially 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.
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How to use procedure in a sentence
Normal procedure is that any member country can request that a document be circulated, and the UN does it pro-forma.
Exclusive: Sony Emails Say Studio Exec Picked Kim Jong-Un as the Villain of ‘The Interview’ | William Boot | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“This [investigation] is part of routine procedure following the death of any firefighter,” he told The Daily Beast.
The Mystery Death Of A Female Firefighter | Christopher Moraff | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe takes great pleasure in demonstrating the monitoring procedure.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnti-abortion organizations tend to tend to propagate the idea that the procedure is dangerous and unproven.
Abortion Complications Are Rare, No Matter What the Right Says | Samantha Allen | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere is a procedure called “compassionate release” allowing terminally ill men to die at home.
Thereupon began a procedure identical to that which had characterized the outset of every successful case of the Chief Inspector.
Dope | Sax RohmerThe motives which led to this undertaking, and the reasons for my mode of procedure, may be stated in a few words.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyThe whole procedure—taking the cosmic view—was almost pointless, but it would make the botanist happy, at least.
Old Friends Are the Best | Jack SharkeyBut only a cloistered ecclesiastic can be held responsible for such military procedure.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonBut statutes which merely alter the procedure, if they are in themselves good statutes, ought to be retrospective.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for procedure
/ (prəˈsiːdʒə) /
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
computing another name for subroutine
Derived forms of procedure
- procedural, adjective
- procedurally, adverb
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