procedure

See also: procédure

English

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Etymology

From FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#PROCEDURECategory:English terms derived from French#PROCEDURE procédure, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#PROCEDURE, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#PROCEDURE procedere (to go forward, proceed); see proceed.

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procedure (countable and uncountable, plural procedures)Category:English lemmas#PROCEDURECategory:English nouns#PROCEDURECategory:English uncountable nouns#PROCEDURECategory:English countable nouns#PROCEDURECategory:English countable nouns#PROCEDURECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PROCEDURECategory:Pages with entries#PROCEDURECategory:Pages with 4 entries#PROCEDURE

  1. A particular method for performing a task.
  2. A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
  3. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#PROCEDURE) 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#PROCEDURE
  4. The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
  5. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#PROCEDURE) That which results; issue; product.
    • 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:
      There is not any known Substance, but Earth, and the Procedure of Earth (as Tile, Stone, &c.) that yeeldeth any Moss or Herby Substance.
      Category:English terms with quotations#PROCEDURE
  6. (computingCategory:en:Computing#PROCEDURE) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task, but does not return a value.
  7. (medicineCategory:en:Medicine#PROCEDURE) A surgical operation.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle FrenchCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from Middle French#PROCEDURECategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle French#PROCEDURE procedure.

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procedure f (plural procedures, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#PROCEDURECategory:Dutch nouns#PROCEDURECategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#PROCEDURECategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#PROCEDURECategory:Dutch feminine nouns#PROCEDURECategory:Pages with entries#PROCEDURECategory:Pages with 4 entries#PROCEDURE

  1. procedure

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Italian

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procedure fCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#PROCEDURECategory:Italian noun forms#PROCEDURECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#PROCEDURECategory:Pages with entries#PROCEDURECategory:Pages with 4 entries#PROCEDURE

  1. plural of procedura

Old French

Noun

procedure oblique singular, f (oblique plural procedures, nominative singular procedure, nominative plural procedures)Category:Old French lemmas#PROCEDURECategory:Old French nouns#PROCEDURECategory:Old French feminine nouns#PROCEDURECategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#PROCEDURECategory:Old French feminine nouns#PROCEDURECategory:Pages with entries#PROCEDURECategory:Pages with 4 entries#PROCEDURE

  1. procedure (particular method for performing a task)

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