procedure
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 →
2) (medicine) A medical operation or treatment. tree →
3) (computing, maths) A set of instructions that does a task, like a method. tree →
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 →
- Write the procedure for your experiment. tree →
- The procedure has five steps. tree →
- The doctor said it was a simple procedure. tree →
- Learn the procedure for long division. tree →
- All visitors must follow the safety procedures. tree →
- 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 →
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.
- Play specialists use dolls, pictures and games to show children what will happen and to distract them during procedures.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «procedure» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.