procedure (n.)

  1. a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; the procedure of obtaining a drivers license; it was a process of trial and error

    [ Syn: 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 ]

  3. a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

    [ Syn: routine , subroutine , subprogram , function ]

  4. a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings

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