Procedure

Noun

 * 1) A particular method for performing a task.
 * 2) A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
 * 3)  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.
 * 1) The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
 * Gracious procedures. —I. Taylor.
 * 1)  A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task.

Synonyms

 * (method): algorithm, method, process, routine
 * (set of established forms or methods of an organized body): protocol
 * (computing): function, routine, subroutine, method (although some of these have slightly differing meanings in some programming languages)

Related terms

 * administrative procedure
 * proceed
 * process
 * procession

Thesaurus
MO, SOP, 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, 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, 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

Etymology
< procedure: <  procedere:; see proceed.

Translations

 * Catalan: procediment
 * Chinese: 做法 (zuò fǎ)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: toimintatapa, menetelmä, menettely
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 手段 (しゅだん, shudan), やり方 (やりかた, yarikata)
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: procedură, procedeu
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Catalan: procediment
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German: ,


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , 行程
 * Portuguese:
 * Swahili:


 * Arabic: (ijrā’)
 * Catalan: procediment
 * Chinese: 程序 (chéngxù)
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: menettelytapa
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 手順 (てじゅん, tejun),やり方 (やりかた, yarikata), 流儀 (りゅうぎ, ryūgi)
 * Korean: 절차 (jeolcha)
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: procedură
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Czech: úkony
 * Finnish:, , työjärjestys


 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Catalan: procediment
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: aliohjelma, proseduuri
 * French:
 * German: Unterprogramm


 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese:, 行程, , 手続き
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: funcțiune, funcție, subrutină
 * Swahili:


 * : Prozedur, Vorgehen
 * : proceduro

Anagrams

 * reproduce

Noun

 * 1) procedure

Anagrams

 * produceer, producere