Procedure (noun)
A particular method for performing a task.
Procedure (noun)
A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.
Procedure (noun)
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.”
Procedure (noun)
The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
Procedure (noun)
That which results; issue; product.
Procedure (noun)
A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task.
Procedure (noun)
A surgical operation.
Proceed (verb)
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on
“To proceed on a journey.”
Proceed (verb)
To pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another.
“To proceed with a story or argument.”
Proceed (verb)
To come from (have as the source or origin)
“Light proceeds from the sun.”
Proceed (verb)
To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act methodically
Proceed (verb)
To be transacted; to take place; to occur.
Proceed (verb)
To be applicable or effective; to be valid.
Proceed (verb)
To begin and carry on a legal process. en
Procedure (noun)
an established or official way of doing something
“the police are now reviewing procedures”
“parliamentary procedure”
Procedure (noun)
a series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner
“the standard procedure for informing new employees about conditions of work”
Procedure (noun)
a surgical operation
“the procedure is carried out under general anaesthetic”
Procedure (noun)
another term for subroutine
Proceed (verb)
begin a course of action
“the consortium could proceed with the plan”
Proceed (verb)
do something after something else
“opposite the front door was a staircase which I proceeded to climb”
Proceed (verb)
(of an action) carry on or continue
“my studies are proceeding well”
Proceed (verb)
start a lawsuit against someone
“he may still be able to proceed against the contractor under negligence rules”
Proceed (verb)
move forward
“from the High Street, proceed over Magdalen Bridge”
Proceed (verb)
advance to a higher rank, status, or education
“he did not proceed to university in his seventeenth year”
Proceed (verb)
originate from
“his claim that all power proceeded from God”