Procedure

n.	1.	The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct.
	2.	A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
	3.	That which results; issue; product.

Noun	1.	procedure - 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" Synonyms: process
	2.	procedure - 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" Synonyms: operation
	3.	procedure - a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program Synonyms: subprogram, subroutine, routine, function
	4.	procedure - a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings

procedure - subroutine

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