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procedure

noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəˈsiː.d͡ʒə/
  • Canada, General-American: /pɹəˈsi.d͡ʒɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /pɹəˈsiː.d͡ʒə/
  • Australian: [pɹəˈsɪi.d͡ʒə]
  • Australian: [pɹəˈsɪ̈i.d͡ʒə]
  • New-Zealand: /pɹəˈsiː.d͡ʒə/
  • rhymes with -iːʒə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 S IY1 JH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: P R OW0 S IY1 JH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A particular method for performing a task.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

That which results; issue; product.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A surgical operation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the operations in building a house
  • certain machine tool operations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: operation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: work

9

noun

Meaning 9

a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings

Narrower terms: bureaucratic procedure, red tape, objection

10

noun

Meaning 10

a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the procedure of obtaining a driver's license
  • it was a process of trial and error

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: process

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: activity

Narrower terms: Bertillon system, fingerprinting, genetic profiling, genetic fingerprinting, diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique, emergency procedure, experimental procedure, calculation, computation, computing, medical procedure, mapping, chromosome mapping, operating procedure, stiffening, indirection, rigmarole, rigamarole, routine, modus operandi, condition, experimental condition, rule, formula

11

noun

Meaning 11

a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: routine, subroutine, subprogram, function

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: software, software program, computer software, software system, software package, package

Narrower terms: cataloged procedure, contingency procedure, library routine, random number generator, recursive routine, reusable routine, supervisory routine, executive routine, tracing routine, utility routine, service routine

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

190 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: prosedure — method for performing a task
  • Albanian: procedurë — method for performing a task
  • Armenian: ընթացակարգ (əntʻacʻakarg) — method for performing a task
  • Belarusian: працэду́ра (pracedúra) — method for performing a task
  • Bulgarian: процеду́ра (procedúra) — method for performing a task
  • Catalan: procediment — method for performing a task
  • Chinese Cantonese: 做法 (zou6 faat3) — method for performing a task
  • Chinese Cantonese: 方法 (fong1 faat3) — method for performing a task
  • Chinese Mandarin: 做法 (zuòfǎ) — method for performing a task
  • Chinese Mandarin: 方法 (fāngfǎ) — method for performing a task
  • Czech: postup — method for performing a task
  • Danish: procedure — method for performing a task
  • Dutch: procedure — method for performing a task
  • Esperanto: procedo — method for performing a task
  • Finnish: toimintatapa — method for performing a task
  • Finnish: menetelmä — method for performing a task
  • Finnish: menettely — method for performing a task
  • Finnish: menettelytapa — method for performing a task
  • Finnish: prosessi — method for performing a task
  • Finnish: työtapa — method for performing a task
  • Finnish: metodi — method for performing a task
  • French: procédé — method for performing a task
  • French: procédure — method for performing a task
  • Galician: procedemento — method for performing a task
  • Georgian: პროცედურა (ṗrocedura) — method for performing a task
  • Georgian: მეთოდი (metodi) — method for performing a task
  • German: Verfahren — method for performing a task
  • German: Verfahrensweise — method for performing a task
  • German: [medizinischer] Eingriff — method for performing a task
  • Greek: διαδικασία (diadikasía) — method for performing a task
  • Hindi: प्रक्रिया (prakriyā) — method for performing a task
  • Hindi: विधि (vidhi) — method for performing a task
  • Hindi: पद्धति (paddhati) — method for performing a task
  • Hungarian: eljárás — method for performing a task
  • Italian: procedura — method for performing a task
  • Italian: iter — method for performing a task
  • Italian: procedimento — method for performing a task
  • Italian: metodo — method for performing a task
  • Japanese: 手段 (shudan) — method for performing a task
  • Japanese: やり方 (yarikata) — method for performing a task
  • Japanese: 方法 (hōhō) — method for performing a task
  • Korean: 절차 (jeolcha) — method for performing a task
  • Korean: 수단 (sudan) — method for performing a task
  • Korean: 방법 (bangbeop) — method for performing a task
  • Macedonian: процеду́ра (procedúra) — method for performing a task
  • Malay: tatacara — method for performing a task
  • Malay: prosedur — method for performing a task
  • Māori: pēheatanga — method for performing a task
  • Māori: pēwheatanga — method for performing a task
  • Māori: hātepe — method for performing a task
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fremgangsmåte — method for performing a task
  • Norwegian Bokmål: prosedyre — method for performing a task
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: prosedyre — method for performing a task
  • Iranian Persian: رَوِیِه (raviye) — method for performing a task
  • Iranian Persian: رَوال (ravâl) — method for performing a task
  • Polish: procedura — method for performing a task
  • Portuguese: procedimento — method for performing a task
  • Romanian: procedură — method for performing a task
  • Romanian: procedeu — method for performing a task
  • Russian: процеду́ра (procedúra) — method for performing a task
  • Russian: ме́тод (métod) — method for performing a task
  • Russian: мето́дика (metódika) — method for performing a task
  • Serbo-Croatian: процеду́ра — method for performing a task
  • Serbo-Croatian: procedúra — method for performing a task
  • Slovak: postup — method for performing a task
  • Slovene: postopek — method for performing a task
  • Slovene: procedura — method for performing a task
  • Spanish: procedimiento — method for performing a task
  • Sranan Tongo: waka — method for performing a task
  • Swedish: procedur — method for performing a task
  • Swedish: förfarande — method for performing a task
  • Thai: วิธี (wí-tii) — method for performing a task
  • Thai: กรรมวิธี (gam-má-wí-tii) — method for performing a task
  • Tocharian B: upacār — method for performing a task
  • Turkish: işlem — method for performing a task
  • Turkish: prosedür — method for performing a task
  • Ukrainian: процеду́ра (procedúra) — method for performing a task
  • Ukrainian: проце́с (procés) — method for performing a task
  • Urdu: طَرِیقَہ (tarīqa) — method for performing a task
  • Uzbek: jarayon — method for performing a task
  • Vietnamese: phương pháp — method for performing a task
  • Armenian: ընթացակարգ (əntʻacʻakarg) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Belarusian: працэду́ра (pracedúra) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Belarusian: працэ́с (pracés) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Bulgarian: процеду́ра (procedúra) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Bulgarian: проце́с (procés) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Catalan: procediment — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Chinese Cantonese: 程序 (cing4 zeoi6) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Chinese Mandarin: 程序 (chéngxù) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Dutch: procedure — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Finnish: menettely — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Finnish: menettelytavat — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • French: procédure — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • German: Prozess — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • German: Vorgehen — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • German: Vorgehensweise — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Hebrew: נוהל — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Hebrew: נֹהַל (nóhal) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Hindi: विधि (vidhi) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Hindi: प्रक्रिया (prakriyā) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Italian: procedura — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Japanese: 手順 (tejun) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Japanese: 手続き (tetsuzuki) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Japanese: 行程 (kōtei) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Japanese: 段取り (dandori) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Kikuyu: mũtaratara — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Korean: 절차 (jeolcha) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Māori: hātepe — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Iranian Persian: رَوَنْد (ravand) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Polish: procedura — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Portuguese: procedimento — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Russian: процеду́ра (procedúra) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Russian: проце́сс (procéss) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Spanish: procedimiento — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Ukrainian: процеду́ра (procedúra) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Ukrainian: проце́с (procés) — series of small tasks to accomplish an end
  • Arabic: اِجْرَاء (ijrāʔ) — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Armenian: ընթացակարգ (əntʻacʻakarg) — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Bulgarian: процеду́ра (procedúra) — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Bulgarian: на́чин на ра́бота (náčin na rábota) — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Catalan: procediment — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Chinese Cantonese: 程序 (cing4 zeoi6) — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 程序 (chéngxù) — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Dutch: procedure — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Estonian: kord — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Finnish: toimintamalli — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Finnish: menettelytavat — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • French: procédure — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • German: Prozedur — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Hindi: कार्यपद्धति (kāryapaddhati) — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Hindi: कार्यप्रणाली (kāryapraṇālī) — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Hungarian: eljárás — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Italian: procedura — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Italian: procedimento — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Japanese: 手順 (tejun) — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Japanese: やり方 (yarikata) — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Japanese: 流儀 (ryūgi) — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Japanese: 手続き (tetsuzuki) — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Korean: 절차 (jeolcha) — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Iranian Persian: رَوِیِه (raviye) — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Iranian Persian: رَوال (ravâl) — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Portuguese: procedimento — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Romanian: procedură — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Russian: процеду́ра (procedúra) — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Russian: проце́сс (procéss) — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Spanish: procedimiento — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Swedish: procedur — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Turkish: işlem — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Turkish: prosedür — set of established forms or methods of an organized body
  • Bulgarian: процеду́ра (procedúra) — steps taken in a legal proceeding
  • Czech: úkony — steps taken in a legal proceeding
  • Finnish: menettely — steps taken in a legal proceeding
  • Finnish: oikeudenkäyntimenettely — steps taken in a legal proceeding
  • Finnish: työjärjestys — steps taken in a legal proceeding
  • Polish: procedura — steps taken in a legal proceeding
  • Russian: процеду́ра (procedúra) — steps taken in a legal proceeding
  • Russian: проце́сс (procéss) — steps taken in a legal proceeding
  • Spanish: procedimiento — steps taken in a legal proceeding
  • Spanish: trámite — steps taken in a legal proceeding
  • Thai: วิธีพิจารณา (wí-tii-pí-jaa-rá-naa) — steps taken in a legal proceeding
  • Bulgarian: процеду́ра (procedúra) — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Catalan: procediment — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Chinese Mandarin: 過程 /过程 (guòchéng) — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Chinese Mandarin: 子程序 (zǐchéngxù) — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Czech: procedura — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Dutch: procedure — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Esperanto: proceduro — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Finnish: aliohjelma — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Finnish: proseduuri — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • French: fonction — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • German: Unterprogramm — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Greek: υποπρόγραμμα (ypoprógramma) — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Greek: διαδικασία (diadikasía) — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Hungarian: eljárás — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Hungarian: procedúra — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Japanese: 手順 (tejun) — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Japanese: 行程 (kōtei) — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Japanese: プロシージャ (purosīja) — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Japanese: 手続き (tetsuzuki) — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Iranian Persian: رَوِیِه (raviye) — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Polish: procedura — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Portuguese: procedimento — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Romanian: funcțiune — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Romanian: funcție — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Romanian: subrutină — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Russian: процеду́ра (procedúra) — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Russian: фу́нкция (fúnkcija) — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Russian: подпрогра́мма (podprográmma) — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Turkish: yordam — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
  • Vietnamese: thủ tục — computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
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