Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A particular method for performing a task.

    Verfahren, Verfahrensweise, [medizinischer] Eingriff

    процеду́раprocedúra, ме́тодmétod, мето́дикаmetódika

    процеду́раprocedúra, проце́сprocés

  2. (countable, uncountable)A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.

    Prozess, Vorgehen, Vorgehensweise

    процеду́раprocedúra, проце́ссprocéss

    процеду́раprocedúra, проце́сprocés

  3. (uncountable)The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.

    Ensure that you follow procedure when accessing customers' personal information.

    Prozedur

    процеду́раprocedúra, проце́ссprocéss

  4. (countable, uncountable)The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.

    процеду́раprocedúra, проце́ссprocéss

  5. (countable, uncountable)A subroutine coded to perform a specific task, which is not permitted a return value when distinguished from a function.

    Unterprogramm

    процеду́раprocedúra, фу́нкцияfúnkcija, подпрогра́ммаpodprográmma

  6. (countable, uncountable)A surgical operation.

  7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)That which results; issue; product.

More definitions
  • a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
  • a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  • a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
  • a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

Examples

122 sentences
  1. It's a routine procedure.

    Це рутинна процедура. — deniko

  2. I explained the procedures to him.

    deIch erklärte ihm die Vorgänge. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I explained the procedure to him.

    ruЯ объяснил ему процедуру. — odexed

    deIch erklärte ihm die Verfahren. — Esperantostern

  4. I didn't know the exact procedure.

    ruЯ не знал точной последовательности действий. — averoes

  5. You know the procedure, don't you?

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
method for performing a task:
Русский
By meaning 3
method for performing a task:
series of small tasks to accomplish an end:
computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
method for performing a task:
series of small tasks to accomplish an end:
set of established forms or methods of an organized body:
computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task:

Origin

From French procédure, from Old French, from Latin procedere (“to go forward, proceed”); s

From French procédure, from Old French, from Latin procedere (“to go forward, proceed”); see proceed.

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Forms

plural: procedures
Singularprocedure
Pluralprocedures

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
set of established forms or methods of an organized body:protocol
Close in meaning
  • a particular course of action intended to achieve a result:process
  • a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work:operation
  • a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program:routinesubroutinesubprogramfunction

Word family

21 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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