Procedural Meaning
/pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjRelated to procedure.
adjGenerated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.
Sentence Examples
Ziri watched some rare episodes of his favorite police procedural.
The cases were dismissed on procedural grounds before trial.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The company has strict ____ rules that everyone must follow when handling data.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The appeal was dismissed on ____ grounds because the correct forms had not been submitted.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English procedure Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English procedural From procedure + -al.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"An externment of a person is a harsh punishment on him and calls for procedural safeguards against the abuse of power by the authorities."
— 1983, D. C. Pandey, Habitual Offenders and the Law, page 31:
"It is only fitting that the investigation of place-based police procedurals begins in America, where the police procedural was invented and turned into a literary art form."
— 2000, Gary Hausladen, Places for Dead Bodies, page 35:
"David Fincher’s horribly addictive samurai procedural, adapted by Andrew Kevin Walker from the graphic novel by Alexis Nolent, stars Michael Fassbender as the un-named titular hitman[…]"
— 2023 September 3, Peter Bradshaw, “The Killer review – terrific David Fincher thriller about a philosophising hitman”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
"The Wire, however, did not kill the procedural. The procedural simply borrowed The Wire’s aesthetic. The detectives may trudge sombrely from one improbable homicide scene to another, week in, week out, as the blue lights circle bleakly, but we, the viewers, sink gleefully into our sofas ready to drink it in like cocoa."
— 2015 June 16, David Stubbs, “Watching the detectives: why the police procedural is more popular than ever”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The company has strict ____ rules that everyone must follow when handling data.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The appeal was dismissed on ____ grounds because the correct forms had not been submitted.