English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-procedure.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
procedure (countable and uncountable; plural procedures)

1. A particular method for performing a task.
2. A series of small tasks or step taken to accomplish an end.
3. uncountable The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.

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

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

#: ``Gracious procedures.'' --w:I. Taylor|I. Taylor.

1. computing A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task.

Synonyms
(method): algorithm, method, process, routine
(set of established forms or methods of an organized body): protocol
(computing): function, routine, subroutine (although some of these have slightly differing meanings in some programming languages)

Translations
trans-top|method
Catalan: procediment m
Chinese: �� (zuò f�)
Dutch: t+|nl|procedure|f
Finnish: toimintatapa, menetelmä, menettely
French: t+|fr|procédé|m
Greek: t|el|διαδικα�ία|f|sc=Grek (diadikasía)
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Italian: t+|it|procedura|f
Japanese: �段 (����, shudan), ��� (����, yarikata)
Portuguese: t+|pt|procedimento|m
Spanish: t-|es|procedimiento|m
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trans-top|series of small tasks
Catalan: procediment m
Dutch: t+|nl|procedure|f
French: t+|fr|procédure|f
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Italian: t+|it|procedura|f
Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|��|trtejun, t|ja|scJpan|���|trtetsuzuki, t|ja|scJpan|��|trk�t�
Portuguese: t+|pt|procedimento|m
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trans-top|set of established forms or methods of an organized body
Arabic: Arab|اجراء IPAchar|(ijr��) m
Catalan: procediment m
Chinese: �� (chéngxù)
Dutch: t+|nl|procedure|f
Finnish: menettelytapa
French: procédure f
German: t-|de|Prozedur|f
Hungarian: t+|hu|eljárás
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Italian: t+|it|procedura|f, t+|it|procedimento|m
Japanese: �� (����, tejun),��� (����, yarikata), �� (����, ryūgi)
Korean: �차 (jeolcha)
Portuguese: t+|pt|procedimento|m
Russian: t+|ru|п�о�ед��а|f|trprotsedúra|scCyrl
Spanish: t-|es|procedimiento|m
Swedish: procedur c
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trans-top|computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task
Catalan: procediment m
Dutch: t+|nl|procedure|f
Finnish: proseduuri, aliohjelma
French: t-|fr|fonction|f
German: Unterprogramm n
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Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|��|trtejyun, t|ja|scJpan|��|trk�t�, t-|ja|������|trpurosīja|scJpan
Portuguese: t+|pt|procedimento|m
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Translations to be checked

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The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above, removing any numbers. Any numbering associating translations with definitions is unreliable.

ttbc|German: Prozedur f, Vorgehen n
ttbc|Ido: proceduro

Italian

Noun
procedure f

1. plural of|procedura|lang=Italian

fa:procedure
fr:procedure
io:procedure
id:procedure
it:procedure
hu:procedure
nl:procedure
pt:procedure
ru:procedure
simple:procedure
fi:procedure
ta:procedure
te:procedure
vi:procedure
tr:procedure
uk:procedure
zh:procedure

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