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 - another name for subroutine
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pro•ce•dure /prəˈsidʒɚ/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- any established way for doing something, or for conducting business: [countable]Getting a license should be a simple procedure.[uncountable]If you fail to follow correct procedure, your payments will be delayed.
pro•ce•dure
(prə sē′jər),USA pronunciation n. adj.
- 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, esp. 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.
- French procédure. See proceed, -ure
- 1605–15
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged management.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged operation, maneuver, transaction. See process.
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