'Procedure' definitions:
Definition of 'procedure'
(from WordNet)
noun
A particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error" [syn: procedure, process]
noun
A process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work; "the operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool operations" [syn: operation, procedure]
noun
A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program [syn: routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function]
noun
A mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
Definition of 'Procedure'
From: GCIDE
- Procedure \Pro*ce"dure\, n. [F. proc['e]dure. See Proceed.]
- 1. The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct. "The true procedure of conscience." --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding. "Gracious procedures." --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which results; issue; product. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'procedure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act,
- action,
- actions,
- activity,
- acts,
- address,
- affectation,
- air,
- algorithm,
- approach,
- arrangement,
- attack,
- bearing,
- behavior,
- behavior pattern,
- behavioral norm,
- behavioral science,
- blueprint,
- blueprinting,
- calculation,
- carriage,
- charting,
- common practice,
- comportment,
- conception,
- conduct,
- contrivance,
- course,
- course of action,
- creed,
- culture pattern,
- custom,
- demeanor,
- deportment,
- design,
- device,
- disposition,
- doing,
- doings,
- drill,
- enterprise,
- envisagement,
- fashion,
- figuring,
- folkway,
- foresight,
- forethought,
- form,
- game,
- gestures,
- goings-on,
- graphing,
- ground plan,
- guidelines,
- guiding principles,
- guise,
- idea,
- intention,
- layout,
- line,
- line of action,
- lines,
- lineup,
- long-range plan,
- maintien,
- maneuver,
- manner,
- manner of working,
- manners,
- mapping,
- master plan,
- matter of course,
- means,
- measure,
- method,
- methodology,
- methods,
- mien,
- MO,
- mode,
- mode of operation,
- mode of procedure,
- modus operandi,
- modus vivendi,
- motion,
- motions,
- move,
- movements,
- moves,
- observable behavior,
- operation,
- operations research,
- order,
- organization,
- pattern,
- plan,
- plan of action,
- planning,
- planning function,
- platform,
- poise,
- policy,
- polity,
- port,
- pose,
- position paper,
- posture,
- practice,
- praxis,
- prearrangement,
- prescribed form,
- presence,
- principles,
- proceeding,
- process,
- program,
- program of action,
- rationalization,
- routine,
- rule,
- schedule,
- schema,
- schematism,
- schematization,
- scheme,
- scheme of arrangement,
- set form,
- setup,
- social science,
- SOP,
- standard operating procedure,
- standing orders,
- step,
- strategic plan,
- strategy,
- style,
- system,
- systematization,
- tack,
- tactical plan,
- tactics,
- technique,
- the big picture,
- the drill,
- the how,
- the picture,
- the way of,
- tone,
- tradition,
- way,
- way of life,
- ways,
- ways and means,
- wise,
- wont,
- working plan
Words containing 'Procedure'
- procedural,
- bureaucratic procedure,
- cataloged procedure,
- cloze procedure,
- contingency procedure,
- dental procedure,
- desensitisation procedure,
- desensitization procedure,
- diagnostic procedure,
- emergency procedure,
- experimental procedure,
- gram's procedure,
- medical procedure,
- operating procedure,
- parliamentary procedure,
- standard procedure,
- statistical procedure,
- surgical procedure,
- check-out procedure,
- standard operating procedure,
- standing operating procedure,
- double-blind procedure