PROCEDURE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the operations in building a house
    • certain machine tool operations
    Hypernyms(s) procedure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
    Hypernyms(s) procedure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  3. Meaning
    • a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the procedure of obtaining a driver’’s license
    • it was a process of trial and error
    Hypernyms(s) procedure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) procedure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)