procedural C2 Topic:Law & Government US /pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/ See IPA manual Freq #32554 Meanings 1 adj Relating to an established way of doing something, especially official rules or methods. The judge dismissed the case on procedural grounds, not on the facts. 2 adj Generated automatically by a set of rules rather than designed by hand. The game uses procedural methods to create endless landscapes. 3 noun A film or TV show that follows the step-by-step work of solving crimes, especially by police. She loves a good police procedural with a clever twist at the end. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms ceduralmultiproceduralnonproceduralperiproceduralpostproceduralpreproceduralproceduralismproceduralistproceduralityprocedurallyunprocedural Related forms proceedableprocessableprocessual Etymology AI details From procedure + -al. Topics Law & Government Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # procedural **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj, noun **IPA (US):** /pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/ **Frequency rank:** 32554 ## Meanings 1. Relating to an established way of doing something, especially official rules or methods. 2. Generated automatically by a set of rules rather than designed by hand. 3. A film or TV show that follows the step-by-step work of solving crimes, especially by police. ## Examples - The judge dismissed the case on procedural grounds, not on the facts. - The game uses procedural methods to create endless landscapes. - She loves a good police procedural with a clever twist at the end. ## Derived Forms - cedural - multiprocedural - nonprocedural - periprocedural - postprocedural - preprocedural - proceduralism - proceduralist - procedurality - procedurally - unprocedural ## Related Forms - proceedable - processable - processual ## Etymology From procedure + -al. ## AI Etymology Procedural is formed from procedure + -al. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include relating to an established way of doing something, especially official rules or methods and generated automatically by a set of rules rather than designed by hand. The wider family includes derived forms such as cedural, multiprocedural, nonprocedural, periprocedural, and postprocedural; related words such as proceedable, processable, and processual. ## Topics - Law & Government - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown