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procedural Definition

pro·cedur·al (prō sējər 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

procedural Related Forms
pro·cedur·ally adverb
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.
  • impropriety: Procedural impropriety: ' whether a person or body affected by a decision has been given a fair hearing ' .
  • unfairness: The allegation of procedural unfairness was not well founded.
  • fairness: His use of the idea of procedural fairness is, in general, exemplary.
  • safeguard: The procedural safeguards provided for in section 30 at present will also continue to apply.
  • motion: Arun: Procedural motion to move to a vote.

Modifying Another Word

  • purely: Our legal advice is that Schedule 6 is purely procedural.
  • merely: Is a distinction to be drawn between a breach which relates to the substance of a decision and one which is merely procedural?
  • largely: They would probably work best for issues that are largely procedural, and could work effectively alongside self-help material.
  • only: This is particularly the case when only procedural descriptions of a task are available.
  • not: Red routes must focus on goals not procedural steps: they do not dictate any single implementation.
  • essentially: Having a constitution is like having a vote; it is essentially procedural.

Noun used with modifier

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