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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROCE'DURE, n. The act of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; series of actions; as the procedure of the soul in certain actions. But it is more generally applied to persons; as, this is a strange procedure in a public body. The motions of physical causes are more generally denominated operations.
1. Manner of proceeding; management; conduct.
2. That which proceeds from something; produce. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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]
2: 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]
3: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program [syn: routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function]
4: a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French procédure, from Middle French, from proceder Date: circa 1611 1. a. a particular way of accomplishing something or of acting b. a step in a procedure 2. a. a series of steps followed in a regular definite order <legal procedure> <a surgical procedure> b. a set of instructions for a computer that has a name by which it can be called into action 3. a. a traditional or established way of doing things b. protocol 3a

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a way of proceeding, esp. a mode of conducting business or a legal action. 2 a mode of performing a task. 3 a series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner. 4 a proceeding. 5 Computing = SUBROUTINE. Derivatives: procedural adj. procedurally adv. Etymology: F procédure (as PROCEED)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 2. A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding. ``Gracious procedures.'' --I. Taylor. 3. That which results; issue; product. [Obs.] --Bacon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(procedures) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. A procedure is a way of doing something, especially the usual or correct way. A biopsy is usually a minor surgical procedure... Police insist that Michael did not follow the correct procedure in applying for a visa... N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Conduct, practice, course, process, management, operation, manner of proceeding. 2. Act, transaction, deed, action, performance, proceeding, measure, step.

Moby Thesaurus

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