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procedure

pro·ce·dure

UK/pɹəˈsiː.d͡ʒə/ US/pɹəˈsi.d͡ʒɚ/ common

noun

1.

a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

  • “the procedure of obtaining a driver”
  • “;”
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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”
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Origin

From French procédure, from Old French, from Latin procedere (“to go forward, proceed”); see proceed.

Phrases

  • Arndt-Eistert procedure
  • Bobbitt procedure
  • civil procedure
  • collection procedure
  • criminal procedure
  • Davydov procedure
  • Evans procedure
  • Fontan procedure

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