procedure

UK: /prəʊˈsiːdʒə^r/ US: /prəˈsidʒɚ/ ,(prə sē′jər)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

pro•ce•dure /prəˈsidʒɚ/   n. 

1. 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.

See -cede-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

pro•ce•dure  (prə sē′jər), n. 

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, esp. litigation and judicial proceedings.
4. [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

adj.  Synonyms

• 1. management.
• 2. operation, maneuver, transaction. See process. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

procedure / prəˈsiːdʒə/ noun

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. another name for subroutine

proˈcedural adjective

proˈcedurally adverb