Definitions for procedure



Overview of noun procedure

The noun procedure has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (41) procedure, process

(a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error")

2. (15) operation, procedure

(a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work; "the operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool operations")

3. routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function

(a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program)

4. procedure

(a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings)

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