procedural
/pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/
procedural adjective: related to procedure. Also the ellipsis of police procedural.
Adjective
procedural (comparative more procedural, superlative most procedural)
- Related to procedure.
- The judge dismissed the case on procedural grounds: it wasn't the facts or the law, but just that they hadn't filed the correct forms.
- An externment of a person is a harsh punishment on him and calls for procedural safeguards against the abuse of power by the authorities.1983, D. C. Pandey, Habitual Offenders and the Law, page 31
- Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.
- a procedural texture
- procedural terrain
Noun
procedural (plural procedurals)
- A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail.
- It is only fitting that the investigation of place-based police procedurals begins in America, where the police procedural was invented and turned into a literary art form.2000, Gary Hausladen, Places for Dead Bodies, page 35
- David Fincher’s horribly addictive samurai procedural, adapted by Andrew Kevin Walker from the graphic novel by Alexis Nolent, stars Michael Fassbender as the un-named titular hitman[…]2023 September 3, Peter Bradshaw, “The Killer review – terrific David Fincher thriller about a philosophising hitman”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Also used as
procedural is also the ellipsis of police procedural.
procedural meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
procedural in Hindi
- प्रक्रियात्मक, प्रक्रियागत
procedural in Marathi
- प्रक्रियात्मक
procedural in Bengali
- কার্যপদ্ধতিগত
procedural in Telugu
- విధానపరమైన, ప్రక్రియాత్మక
More languagesFewer languages
- procedural in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰਕਿਰਿਆਤਮਕ
- procedural in Gujarati
- પ્રક્રિયાત્મક, પ્રક્રિયાગત
- procedural in Odia
- ପ୍ରକ୍ରିଯ଼ାଗତ
- procedural in Nepali
- प्रक्रियात्मक, प्रक्रियागत
- procedural in Vietnamese
- theo thủ tục
Examples of procedural in a sentence
- The merits of the case favored the plaintiffs, but their procedural blunders set them back.
- So we "tied the hands of the police" with a whole lot of procedural rules.
- Procedural and generative cybertext work undermines the concept of authorship and encourages the discussion about 'cyborg authorship'
Forms of procedural
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more procedural |
| superlative | most procedural |
| Noun | |
| plural | procedurals |
Origin of procedural
From procedure + -al.
Words formed from procedural
Phrases with procedural
Questions about procedural
- What does procedural mean?
- Procedural means related to procedure.
- What is procedural in Hindi?
- Procedural in Hindi is प्रक्रियात्मक, प्रक्रियागत. See Procedural meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is procedural?
- Procedural can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce procedural?
- Procedural is pronounced /pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/.
Words near procedural in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: procedural (page history and authors); procedural (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); procedural (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); procedural (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); procedural (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); procedural (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); procedural (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); procedural (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); procedural (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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