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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun procedure has 4 senses
- procedure(n = noun.act) 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" has particulars: bertillon system, fingerprinting, genetic fingerprinting, genetic profiling, diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique, emergency procedure, experimental procedure, calculation, computation, computing, medical procedure, chromosome mapping, mapping, operating procedure, stiffening, indirection, rigamarole, rigmarole, modus operandi, routine, condition, experimental condition, formula, rule
- procedure(n = noun.act) operation - 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" is a kind of work
- procedure(n = noun.communication) function, routine, subprogram, subroutine - a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program; Array is a kind of computer software, package, software, software package, software program, software system
- procedure(n = noun.act) Array - a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings; Array has particulars: bureaucratic procedure, red tape, objection
is a kind of activity
Derived forms adjective procedural1, verb proceed3
Derived form adjective procedural1
is a part of computer program, computer programme, program, programme
has particulars: cataloged procedure, contingency procedure, library routine, random number generator, recursive routine, reusable routine, executive routine, supervisory routine, tracing routine, service routine, utility routine
Derived form adjective procedural1
is a kind of legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings
Derived forms adjective procedural2, adjective procedural1
CIDE DICTIONARY
procedure, n. [F. procédure. See Proceed.].
- The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct. South. [1913 Webster]
- A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding. I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- That which results; issue; product. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
procedure, n.
1 a way of proceeding, esp. a mode of conducting business or a legal action.
2 a mode of performing a task.
3 a series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner.
4 a proceeding.
5 Computing = SUBROUTINE.
1 a way of proceeding, esp. a mode of conducting business or a legal action.
2 a mode of performing a task.
3 a series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner.
4 a proceeding.
5 Computing = SUBROUTINE.
Derivative
procedural adj. procedurally adv.
Etymology
F proc{eacute}dure (as PROCEED)
THESAURUS
procedure
MO, SOP, act, action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, algorithm, approach, arrangement, attack, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, blueprint, blueprinting, calculation, carriage, charting, common practice, comportment, conception, conduct, contrivance, course, course of action, creed, culture pattern, custom, demeanor, deportment, design, device, disposition, doing, doings, drill, enterprise, envisagement, fashion, figuring, folkway, foresight, forethought, form, game, gestures, goings-on, graphing, ground plan, guidelines, guiding principles, guise, idea, intention, layout, line, line of action, lines, lineup, long-range plan, maintien, maneuver, manner, manner of working, manners, mapping, master plan, matter of course, means, measure, method, methodology, methods, mien, mode, mode of operation, mode of procedure, modus operandi, modus vivendi, motion, motions, move, movements, moves, observable behavior, operation, operations research, order, organization, pattern, plan, plan of action, planning, planning function, platform, poise, policy, polity, port, pose, position paper, posture, practice, praxis, prearrangement, prescribed form, presence, principles, proceeding, process, program, program of action, rationalization, routine, rule, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, set form, setup, social science, standard operating procedure, standing orders, step, strategic plan, strategy, style, system, systematization, tack, tactical plan, tactics, technique, the big picture, the drill, the how, the picture, the way of, tone, tradition, way, way of life, ways, ways and means, wise, wont, working planROGET THESAURUS
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Method
N method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise, modus operandi, MO, procedure, path, road, route, course, line of way, line of road, trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack, steps, stair, staircase, flight of stairs, ladder, stile, perron, bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway, drawbridge, pass, ford, ferry, tunnel, pipe, door, gateway, channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit, artery, lane, loan, alley, aisle, lobby, corridor, back-door, back-stairs, secret passage, covert way, vennel, roadway, pathway, stairway, express, thoroughfare, highway, turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road, broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway, beaten track, beaten path, horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path, walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk, crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway, cut, short cut carrefour, private road, occupation road, highways and byways, railroad, railway, tram road, tramway, towpath, causeway, canal, street, speedway, adv, how, in what way, in what manner, by what mode, so, in this way, after this fashion, one way or another, anyhow, somehow or other, by way of, via, in transitu, on the high road to, hae tibi erunt artes.Action
N action, performance, doing perpetration, exercise, excitation, movement, operation, evolution, work, labor, praxis, execution, procedure, handicraft, business, agency, deed, act, overt act, stitch, touch, gest transaction, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow, coup, coup de main, coup d'etat, tour de force, feat, exploit, achievement, handiwork, workmanship, manufacture, stroke of policy, actor, doing, acting, in action, in harness, on duty, in operation, in the act, in the midst of, in the thick of, red-handed, in flagrante delicto, while one's hand is in, action is eloquence, actions speak louder than words, actum aiunt ne agas, awake, arise, or be forever fall'n, dii pia facta vident, faire sans dire, fare fac, fronte capillata post est occasio calva, our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts, the great end of life is not knowledge but action, thought is the soul of act, vivre-ce nest pas respirer c'est agir, we live in deeds not years.Conduct
N conduct, behavior, deportment, comportment, carriage, maintien, demeanor, guise, bearing, manner, observance, dealing, transaction, business, tactics, game, game plan, policy, polity, generalship, statesmanship, seamanship, strategy, strategics, plan, management, husbandry, housekeeping, housewifery, stewardship, menage, regime, economy, economics, political economy, government, execution, manipulation, treatment, campaign, career, life, course, walk, race, record, course of conduct, line of conduct, line of action, line of proceeding, role, process, ways, practice, procedure, modus operandi, MO, method of operating, method, path, conducting, strategical, businesslike, practical, executive.
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