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procedural definition

pro·cedur·al (prō sē′jər əl, prə-)

adjective

of or having to do with procedure or a procedure

noun

a mystery novel in which much emphasis is placed on the procedures used, esp. by police, in investigating a crime

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procedural Usage Examples

Preposition: in

  • nature: Programming model - OpenGL is based on a state machine design, while DirectX is much more procedural in nature.

Used with adjective complement

  • have: These obligations have procedural as well as political ramifications.

Modifies a noun

  • irregularity: The Court of Appeal said there was a procedural irregularity.

Modifying Another Word

  • purely: Our legal advice is that Schedule 6 is purely procedural.

Noun used with modifier

  • police: Fans of British police procedurals will be diverted by this entertaining and lighthearted mystery.
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