1.  procedure(n = noun.act) 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"
is a kind of activity
has particulars: bertillon system, fingerprinting, genetic fingerprinting, genetic profiling, diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique, emergency procedure, experimental procedure, calculation, computation, computing, medical procedure, chromosome mapping, mapping, operating procedure, stiffening, indirection, rigamarole, rigmarole, modus operandi, routine, condition, experimental condition, formula, rule
Derived forms adjective procedural₁, verb proceed₃

2.  procedure(n = noun.act) operation - 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"
is a kind of work
Derived form adjective procedural₁

3.  procedure(n = noun.communication) function, routine, subprogram, subroutine - a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program;
is a kind of computer software, package, software, software package, software program, software system
is a part of computer program, computer programme, program, programme
has particulars: cataloged procedure, contingency procedure, library routine, random number generator, recursive routine, reusable routine, executive routine, supervisory routine, tracing routine, service routine, utility routine
Derived form adjective procedural₁

4.  procedure(n = noun.act) - a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings;
is a kind of legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings
has particulars: bureaucratic procedure, red tape, objection
Derived forms adjective procedural₂, adjective procedural₁

1.  The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct. South. [1913 Webster]

2.  A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding. I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

3.  That which results; issue; product. Bacon. [1913 Webster]

procedure, n.
1 a way of proceeding, esp. a mode of conducting business or a legal action.
2 a mode of performing a task.
3 a series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner.
4 a proceeding.
5 Computing = SUBROUTINE.

Derivative:
procedural adj. procedurally adv.

Etymology:
F proc{eacute}dure (as PROCEED)

N  method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise, modus operandi, MO, procedure, path, road, route, course, line of way, line of road, trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack, steps, stair, staircase, flight of stairs, ladder, stile, perron, bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway, drawbridge, pass, ford, ferry, tunnel, pipe, door, gateway, channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit, artery, lane, loan, alley, aisle, lobby, corridor, back-door, back-stairs, secret passage, covert way, vennel, roadway, pathway, stairway, express, thoroughfare, highway, turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road, broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway, beaten track, beaten path, horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path, walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk, crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway, cut, short cut carrefour, private road, occupation road, highways and byways, railroad, railway, tram road, tramway, towpath, causeway, canal, street, speedway, adv, how, in what way, in what manner, by what mode, so, in this way, after this fashion, one way or another, anyhow, somehow or other, by way of, via, in transitu, on the high road to, hae tibi erunt artes.

N  action, performance, doing perpetration, exercise, excitation, movement, operation, evolution, work, labor, praxis, execution, procedure, handicraft, business, agency, deed, act, overt act, stitch, touch, gest transaction, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow, coup, coup de main, coup d'etat, tour de force, feat, exploit, achievement, handiwork, workmanship, manufacture, stroke of policy, actor, doing, acting, in action, in harness, on duty, in operation, in the act, in the midst of, in the thick of, red-handed, in flagrante delicto, while one's hand is in, action is eloquence, actions speak louder than words, actum aiunt ne agas, awake, arise, or be forever fall'n, dii pia facta vident, faire sans dire, fare fac, fronte capillata post est occasio calva, our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts, the great end of life is not knowledge but action, thought is the soul of act, vivre-ce nest pas respirer c'est agir, we live in deeds not years.

N  conduct, behavior, deportment, comportment, carriage, maintien, demeanor, guise, bearing, manner, observance, dealing, transaction, business, tactics, game, game plan, policy, polity, generalship, statesmanship, seamanship, strategy, strategics, plan, management, husbandry, housekeeping, housewifery, stewardship, menage, regime, economy, economics, political economy, government, execution, manipulation, treatment, campaign, career, life, course, walk, race, record, course of conduct, line of conduct, line of action, line of proceeding, role, process, ways, practice, procedure, modus operandi, MO, method of operating, method, path, conducting, strategical, businesslike, practical, executive.

bureaucratic procedure, cataloged procedure, check-out procedure, cloze procedure, contingency procedure, dental procedure, desensitisation procedure, desensitization procedure, diagnostic procedure, double-blind procedure, emergency procedure, experimental procedure, gram's procedure, medical procedure, operating procedure, parliamentary procedure, standard operating procedure, standard procedure, standing operating procedure, statistical procedure, surgical procedure