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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development of land for growing |
| Synonyms: | agrology, agronomics, agronomy, farming, gardening, horticulture, planting, plowing, tillage, tilling, working |
| Notes: | culture is acquired by study and application; cultivation is developed by training and exposure |
| Main Entry: | play |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | latitude, range |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, elbowroom, exercise, give, leeway, margin, motion, movement, operation, room, scope, space, sweep, swing, working* |
| Antonyms: | extreme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | process |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | method; series of actions to achieve result |
| Synonyms: | action, advance, case, channels, course, course of action, development, evolution, fashion, formation, growth, manner, means, measure, mechanism, mode, modus operandi, movement, operation, outgrowth, performance, practice, procedure, proceeding, progress, progression, red tape, routine, rule, stage, step, suit, system, technique, transaction, trial, unfolding, way, wise, working |
| 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: | reckoning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | computation, account |
| Synonyms: | IOU, adding, addition, arithmetic, bad news, bill, calculation, charge, check, ciphering, cost, count, counting, debt, due, estimate, estimation, fee, figuring, grunt*, invoice, score, settlement, statement, summation, tab, working |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | running |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | management of organization |
| Synonyms: | administration, care, charge, conduct, control, coordination, direction, functioning, handling, intendance, leadership, maintenance, operation, organization, oversight, performance, regulation, superintendency, supervision, working |
| Main Entry: | functioning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | operation |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, behavior, duty, operating, performance, running, task, working |
| Main Entry: | mechanism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | machine, device |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, black box, components, contrivance, doohickey, gadget, gears, gimmick, innards, instrument, machinery, motor, structure, system, tool, workings, works |
| Main Entry: | mechanism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | means, method |
| Synonyms: | agency, execution, functioning, medium, operation, performance, procedure, process, system, technique, workings |
| Main Entry: | modus operandi |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manner of operating |
| Synonyms: | M.O., MO, approach, manner, manner of working, means, method, method of functioning, method of operating, method of operation, mode of operation, modus vivendi, procedure, process, rule of thumb, system, technique, way, way of doing things, workings |
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