Meanings
nounprocedure (countable and uncountable, plural procedures)
plural procedures
- countableuncountableA particular method for performing a task.
One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891 - countableuncountableA series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
- uncountableThe 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.
Synonyms: protocol
- countableuncountableThe steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
Gracious procedures.
1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC - countableobsoleteuncountableThat which results; issue; product.
There is not any known Substance, but Earth, and the Procedure of Earth (as Tile, Stone, &c.) that yeeldeth any Moss or Herby Substance.
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC - countableuncountablecomputingA subroutine coded to perform a specific task, which is not permitted a return value when distinguished from a function.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.
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administrative procedurestored procedure
More synonyms by meaning
nouna process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
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nouna set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans prosedure
- proseduremethod for performing a task
Arabic اِجْرَاء
- اِجْرَاء (ijrāʔ)set of established forms or methods of an organized body
Bulgarian процеду́ра, процеду́ра
- процеду́ра (procedúra)method for performing a task
- процеду́ра (procedúra)series of small tasks to accomplish an end
- проце́с (procés)series of small tasks to accomplish an end
- процеду́ра (procedúra)set of established forms or methods of an organized body
- на́чин на ра́бота (náčin na rábota)set of established forms or methods of an organized body
- процеду́ра (procedúra)steps taken in a legal proceeding
- процеду́ра (procedúra)computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
Catalan procediment, procediment
- procedimentmethod for performing a task
- procedimentseries of small tasks to accomplish an end
- procedimentset of established forms or methods of an organized body
- procedimentcomputing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
Chinese Cantonese 做法, 方法
- 做法 (zou⁶ faat³)method for performing a task
- 方法 (fong¹ faat³)method for performing a task
- 程序 (cing⁴ zeoi⁶)series of small tasks to accomplish an end
- 程序 (cing⁴ zeoi⁶)set of established forms or methods of an organized body
Chinese Mandarin 做法, 方法
- 做法 (zuòfǎ)method for performing a task
- 方法 (fāngfǎ)method for performing a task
- 程序 (chéngxù)series of small tasks to accomplish an end
- 程序 (chéngxù)set of established forms or methods of an organized body
- 過程 /过程 (guòchéng)computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
- 子程序 (zǐchéngxù)computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
Czech postup, úkony
- postupmethod for performing a task
- úkonysteps taken in a legal proceeding
- proceduracomputing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
Danish procedure
- proceduremethod for performing a task
Dutch procedure, procedure
- proceduremethod for performing a task
- procedureseries of small tasks to accomplish an end
- procedureset of established forms or methods of an organized body
- procedurecomputing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
Esperanto procedo, proceduro
- procedomethod for performing a task
- procedurocomputing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
Estonian kord
- kordset of established forms or methods of an organized body
Finnish toimintatapa, menetelmä
- toimintatapamethod for performing a task
- menetelmämethod for performing a task
- menettelymethod for performing a task
- menettelytapamethod for performing a task
- prosessimethod for performing a task
- työtapamethod for performing a task
- metodimethod for performing a task
- menettelyseries of small tasks to accomplish an end
- menettelytavatseries of small tasks to accomplish an end
- toimintamalliset of established forms or methods of an organized body
- menettelytavatset of established forms or methods of an organized body
- menettelysteps taken in a legal proceeding
French procédé, procédure
- procédémethod for performing a task
- procéduremethod for performing a task
- procédureseries of small tasks to accomplish an end
- procédureset of established forms or methods of an organized body
- fonctioncomputing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
German Verfahren, Verfahrensweise
- Verfahrenmethod for performing a task
- Verfahrensweisemethod for performing a task
- [medizinischer] Eingriffmethod for performing a task
- Prozessseries of small tasks to accomplish an end
- Vorgehenseries of small tasks to accomplish an end
- Vorgehensweiseseries of small tasks to accomplish an end
- Prozedurset of established forms or methods of an organized body
- Unterprogrammcomputing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
Greek διαδικασία, υποπρόγραμμα
- διαδικασία (diadikasía)method for performing a task
- υποπρόγραμμα (ypoprógramma)computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
- διαδικασία (diadikasía)computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
Hebrew נוהל, נֹהַל
- נוהלseries of small tasks to accomplish an end
- נֹהַל (nóhal)series of small tasks to accomplish an end
Hindi प्रक्रिया, विधि
- प्रक्रिया (prakriyā)method for performing a task
- विधि (vidhi)method for performing a task
- पद्धति (paddhati)method for performing a task
- विधि (vidhi)series of small tasks to accomplish an end
- प्रक्रिया (prakriyā)series of small tasks to accomplish an end
- कार्यपद्धति (kāryapaddhati)set of established forms or methods of an organized body
- कार्यप्रणाली (kāryapraṇālī)set of established forms or methods of an organized body
Hungarian eljárás, eljárás
- eljárásmethod for performing a task
- eljárásset of established forms or methods of an organized body
- eljáráscomputing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
- procedúracomputing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
Italian procedura, iter
- proceduramethod for performing a task
- itermethod for performing a task
- procedimentomethod for performing a task
- metodomethod for performing a task
- proceduraseries of small tasks to accomplish an end
- proceduraset of established forms or methods of an organized body
- procedimentoset of established forms or methods of an organized body
Japanese 手段, やり方
- 手段 (shudan)method for performing a task
- やり方 (yarikata)method for performing a task
- 方法 (hōhō)method for performing a task
- 手順 (tejun)series of small tasks to accomplish an end
- 手続き (tetsuzuki)series of small tasks to accomplish an end
- 行程 (kōtei)series of small tasks to accomplish an end
- 段取り (dandori)series of small tasks to accomplish an end
- 手順 (tejun)set of established forms or methods of an organized body
- やり方 (yarikata)set of established forms or methods of an organized body
- 流儀 (ryūgi)set of established forms or methods of an organized body
- 手続き (tetsuzuki)set of established forms or methods of an organized body
- 手順 (tejun)computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
Korean 절차, 수단
- 절차 (jeolcha)method for performing a task
- 수단 (sudan)method for performing a task
- 방법 (bangbeop)method for performing a task
- 절차 (jeolcha)series of small tasks to accomplish an end
- 절차 (jeolcha)set of established forms or methods of an organized body
Malay tatacara, prosedur
- tatacaramethod for performing a task
- prosedurmethod for performing a task
Māori pēheatanga, pēwheatanga
- pēheatangamethod for performing a task
- pēwheatangamethod for performing a task
- hātepemethod for performing a task
- hātepeseries of small tasks to accomplish an end
Norwegian Bokmål fremgangsmåte, prosedyre
- fremgangsmåtemethod for performing a task
- prosedyremethod for performing a task
Polish procedura, procedura
- proceduramethod for performing a task
- proceduraseries of small tasks to accomplish an end
- procedurasteps taken in a legal proceeding
- proceduracomputing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
Portuguese procedimento, procedimento
- procedimentomethod for performing a task
- procedimentoseries of small tasks to accomplish an end
- procedimentoset of established forms or methods of an organized body
- procedimentocomputing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
Romanian procedură, procedeu
- procedurămethod for performing a task
- procedeumethod for performing a task
- procedurăset of established forms or methods of an organized body
- funcțiunecomputing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
- funcțiecomputing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
- subrutinăcomputing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
Russian процеду́ра, ме́тод
- процеду́ра (procedúra)method for performing a task
- ме́тод (métod)method for performing a task
- мето́дика (metódika)method for performing a task
- процеду́ра (procedúra)series of small tasks to accomplish an end
- проце́сс (procéss)series of small tasks to accomplish an end
- процеду́ра (procedúra)set of established forms or methods of an organized body
- проце́сс (procéss)set of established forms or methods of an organized body
- процеду́ра (procedúra)steps taken in a legal proceeding
- проце́сс (procéss)steps taken in a legal proceeding
- процеду́ра (procedúra)computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
- фу́нкция (fúnkcija)computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
- подпрогра́мма (podprográmma)computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
Slovak postup
- postupmethod for performing a task
Spanish procedimiento, procedimiento
- procedimientomethod for performing a task
- procedimientoseries of small tasks to accomplish an end
- procedimientoset of established forms or methods of an organized body
- procedimientosteps taken in a legal proceeding
- trámitesteps taken in a legal proceeding
Swedish procedur, förfarande
- procedurmethod for performing a task
- förfarandemethod for performing a task
- procedurset of established forms or methods of an organized body
Thai วิธี, กรรมวิธี
- วิธี (wí-tii)method for performing a task
- กรรมวิธี (gam-má-wí-tii)method for performing a task
- วิธีพิจารณา (wí-tii-pí-jaa-rá-naa)steps taken in a legal proceeding
Turkish işlem, prosedür
- işlemmethod for performing a task
- prosedürmethod for performing a task
- işlemset of established forms or methods of an organized body
- prosedürset of established forms or methods of an organized body
- yordamcomputing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
Ukrainian процеду́ра, проце́с
- процеду́ра (procedúra)method for performing a task
- проце́с (procés)method for performing a task
- процеду́ра (procedúra)series of small tasks to accomplish an end
- проце́с (procés)series of small tasks to accomplish an end
Urdu طَرِیقَہ
- طَرِیقَہ (tarīqa)method for performing a task
Vietnamese phương pháp, thủ tục
- phương phápmethod for performing a task
- thủ tụccomputing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
APA
procedure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/procedure
MLA
“procedure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/procedure. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “procedure,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/procedure.
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