procedure   (Sound)

The noun procedure has 4 senses

• procedure, process -- (a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error")


• operation, procedure -- (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")


• routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function -- (a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program)


• procedure -- (a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings)