procedure

英[prə'siːdʒə] 美[prə'sidʒɚ]

1. 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"

2. 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"

3. a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

4. a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings