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DictionaryprocedureEstablished method
noun

procedure

pruh-SEE-jur/prəˈsiːdʒər/

An established series of steps for carrying out a task.

The planting procedure follows three steps: filling the pot, placing the seed, and watering.

Three ordered practical steps of planting shown with a hand filling pot, setting seed, watering, clear established sequence, no numbers or captions.
Etymology
proLatinforward
+cedureLatinto go

The underlying image is going forward. Through the sense “manner of proceeding,” the word came to name an established way of carrying out an action.

In context

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More examples

  • Please follow the same procedure each time you clean the equipment.
  • What is the procedure for returning a damaged item?
  • All new employees learn our emergency procedures.

Forms

procedure · procedures

procedural adjective — relating to established methods or steps

Similar words

method
A way of doing something, not necessarily formally established.
process
A series of actions that need not follow established rules.
protocol
Emphasizes formal rules governing official or professional activities.