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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | process, system for accomplishing something |
| Synonyms: | action, agenda, agendum, channels, conduct, course, custom, daily grind, fashion, form, formula, game plan, gimmick, grind, idea, layout, line, maneuver, measure, method, mode, modus operandi, move, nuts and bolts, operation, performance, plan, policy, polity, practice, proceeding, program, red tape, routine, scheme, setup, step, strategy, style, the book, the numbers, transaction |
| Notes: | a process is a set or series of actions directed to some end or a natural series of changes; a procedure is a series of actions conducted in a certain manner, an established way of doing something |
| Main Entry: | proposal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suggestion, presentation for action |
| Synonyms: | angle, bid, big idea, brain child, design, feeler, game plan, idea, layout, motion, offer, outline, overture, pass, picture, pitch, plan, proffer, program, project, proposition, recommendation, scenario, scheme, setup, tender, terms |
| Main Entry: | proposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suggestion; scheme |
| Synonyms: | hypothesis, invitation, motion, overture, plan, premise, presentation, proffer, program, project, proposal, recommendation |
| Antonyms: | condemnation, denial, opposition, refusal, rejection |
| Main Entry: | prospectus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | details, outline of event |
| Synonyms: | announcement, catalogue, conspectus, design, list, plan, program, scheme, syllabus, synopsis |
| Main Entry: | recipe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | directions, formula |
| Synonyms: | compound, ingredients, instructions, method, modus operandi, prescription, procedure, process, program, receipt, technique |
| Notes: | a receipt is a written acknowledgment that payment has been made, while a recipe is a set of directions for making something |
| Antonyms: | ingredient |
| Main Entry: | roster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | list of items, names |
| Synonyms: | agenda, catalog, head count, index, inventory, listing, muster, nose count, program, record, register, roll, roll call, rota, schedule, scroll, table |
| Main Entry: | route |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path over which someone or something travels |
| Synonyms: | avenue, beat, beeline, byway, circuit, course, detour, digression, direction, divergence, itinerary, journey, line, meandering, passage, pavement, pike, plot, program, rambling, range, road, round, rounds, run, short cut, tack, track, trail, wandering, way |
| Notes: | a rout is a disorderly crowd of people or an overwhelming defeat; a root is the usually underground organ of a plant that lacks buds or leaves or nodes and absorbs water and mineral salts - or the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a route is an established line of travel or access - or a road, course, or way for travel from one place to another |
| Main Entry: | routine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual activity |
| Synonyms: | act, beaten path, bit, channels, custom, cycle, daily grind, drill, formula, grind*, groove*, habit, line, method, order, pace, pattern, piece, practice, procedure, program, rat race, rote, round, rut, schtick, spiel*, system, tack, technique, treadmill, usage, way, wont |
| Antonyms: | break, excitement, unusual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | schedule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan for one's time |
| Synonyms: | agenda, appointments, calendar, catalog, chart, diagram, docket, inventory, itinerary, lineup, list, order of business, program, record, registry, roll, roster, sked, table, timetable |
| Antonyms: | disorganization |
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