procedure

CEFRB1

/pɹəˈsiː.d͡ʒə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A set of actions followed to complete a task or process.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.

Examples

  • What is the procedure for getting a visa?

  • You will save time if you adopt this new procedure.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [pɹəˈsɪi.d͡ʒə]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.

  2. A particular method for performing a task.

  3. The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.

More examples

In context

  • Ensure that you follow procedure when accessing customers' personal information.

  • One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.

  • There is not any known Substance, but Earth, and the Procedure of Earth (as Tile, Stone, &c.) that yeeldeth any Moss or Herby Substance.

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

Before surgery, the nurse explained the entire blank to the patient step by step.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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