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procedure
noun as in process, system for accomplishing something
Strongest matches
action, agenda, conduct, form, measure, method, move, operation, plan, policy, practice, proceeding, program, scheme, step, strategy, transaction
Strong matches
agendum, channels, course, custom, fashion, formula, gimmick, grind, idea, layout, line, maneuver, mode, performance, polity, routine, setup, style
Weak matches
daily grind, game plan, modus operandi, nuts and bolts, red tape, the book, the numbers
Example Sentences
Our policies and procedures are reviewed to factor in learning and ensure they continue to be robust and reflect best practice.”
The patch provides a simpler and more reliable alternative, as shown in validation tests conducted on patients undergoing arterial line procedures in cardiac catheterization laboratories and intensive care units.
Investigators found no significant differences in pacemaker function up to 90 days after the procedure.
But “Joy,” a biographical treatment of Jean Purdy, one of the pioneers of the science, while certainly waving the flag for the procedure, is primarily concerned with the human story behind the creation of I.V.F.
The procedure would have been highly illegal and dangerous if Holt had followed through with it, but at the last minute, she refused.
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When To Use
What are other ways to say procedure?
The noun procedure usually implies a formal or set order of doing a thing, a method of conducting affairs: parliamentary procedure. A process is a series of progressive and interdependent steps by which an end is attained: a chemical process. Proceeding (usually plural) applies to what goes on or takes place on a given occasion or to the records of the occasion: Proceedings of the Royal Academy of Sciences.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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