to follow the procedure
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3.3
- phrasal verb
:
seguir el procedimiento
- The principal experimenter stressed that the other class had achieved the higher average fairly because class members had followed the procedure correctly.
- following the procedure outlined
- following the procedure described
Examples
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The technician explained how to follow the procedure for repairing the equipment step by step.
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So let's do that following the procedure that we followed for the classical case.
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Of the 60 subjects in the study, there were no complications following the procedure.
Academic text (2004) -
Transferring files from the Classic to the Scholar need not be a bother if students follow the procedure below.
Academic text (2000) -
The students followed the procedure for making graphs and writing summaries.
Academic text (1998) -
Each faculty member must follow the procedure checklist that students have used throughout the semester for skills validation.
Academic text (1996) -
Please make sure to follow the procedure exactly as outlined in the manual.
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To ensure safety, all employees must follow the procedure during the fire drill.
Synonyms
91
1.8
To follow a rule or plan
62
1.0
To do what the directions say
Antonyms
How Closely
- Formal
23
4.4
2
3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to act in accordance with an established set of steps or guidelines' is directly and compositionally derived from 'follow' (to act according to instructions) + 'procedure' (ordered steps); the definite article 'the' does not change this compositional relation. This is a cross-linguistically common construction (verb + noun indicating compliance with steps), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Follow the procedure gives a simple picture: imagine following a map or a cooking recipe and doing each step in order, where follow means to go after each instruction and procedure is the set of steps to do. That's why it means 'to act in accordance with an established set of steps'.