procedure
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dʒər noun
1.
an act or a manner of proceeding in any action or process; conduct.
2.
a particular course or mode of action.
3.
any given mode of conducting legal, parliamentary, or other business, especially litigation and judicial proceedings.
4.
Computers.
a.
the sequence of actions or instructions to be followed in solving a problem or accomplishing a task.
b.
Also called subprogram. a group of statements that may be used at one or more points in a computer program.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | a way of acting or progressing in a course of action, esp an established method |
| 2. | the established mode or form of conducting the business of a legislature, the enforcement of a legal right, etc |
| 3. | computing another name for subroutine |
| pro'cedural | |
| —adj | |
| pro'cedurally | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
procedure
1611, "fact or manner of proceeding," from Fr. procédure "manner of proceeding" (1197), from O.Fr. proceder (see proceed). Meaning "method of conducting business in Parliament" is from 1839. First appearance of procedural is 1889.
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Medical Dictionary
procedure pro·ce·dure (prə-sē'jər)
n.
A series of steps taken to accomplish an end.
A surgical operation or technique.
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Example sentences
Routine blood tests and examination of the nervous system will be done before the procedure.
But psychoanalysis, as this version of talk therapy became known, is an expensive procedure.
In composition, writing groups are standard operating procedure.
The first thing you notice on arrival at the station, apart from its remarkable cleanliness, is bureaucratic procedure.
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