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# procedure

«procedure» in Mova's school dictionary: **A set of steps to follow in a certain order to do…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a procedure, procedures)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A set of steps to follow in a certain order to do something correctly or safely (the fire drill procedure). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procedure/#m1)

2) (medicine) A medical operation or treatment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procedure/#m2)

3) (computing, maths) A set of instructions that does a task, like a method. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procedure/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, the method or procedure of an experiment; in safety, emergency procedures; in maths, the steps of a written method. Tells the reader there are rules and steps. Phrases: «follow the procedure», «safety procedures», «emergency procedure», «a simple procedure».

### examples

- Follow the fire drill procedure and leave quietly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procedure/#x1)
- Write the procedure for your experiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procedure/#x2)
- The procedure has five steps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procedure/#x3)
- The doctor said it was a simple procedure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procedure/#x4)
- Learn the procedure for long division. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procedure/#x5)
- All visitors must follow the safety procedures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procedure/#x6)
- That this was the usual procedure was so well known to Hook that in disregarding it he cannot be excused on the plea of ignorance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procedure/#x7)

### note

Countable. Spelling: «-dure», not «-deure». Adjective «procedural». Verb related: «proceed» (go on). In maths, a procedure is a step-by-step method that always gives the right answer if followed correctly.

### In the corpora

- ["A procedure" in hospital talk means an operation or surgery.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/4-illness-disability-and-babies/14/)
- [Play specialists use dolls, pictures and games to show children what will happen and to distract them during procedures.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «procedure» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procedure/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.