procedure
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4.4
- noun
- /prəˈsiːdʒər/
- Formal
- There is no established procedure that will tell us the proper name of the agent.
- rules of procedure
- civil procedure
- laws and procedures
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Watch on YouTubeYeah, well, don't you know the procedure for getting it cleared?
- Yeah, well, don't you know the procedure for getting it cleared?
- So by this time the whole, the whole post incident procedure has changed.
- But regulation procedures make that process very slow in the Western world.
- Could this be the result of some systematic bias in school identification procedures?
- She says that's because her procedure was on the House.
Examples
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According to the constitutional procedure, the one essential signature is that of the Vice President.
Fiction book (1990) -
Our standard procedure is to call a new patient John or Jane Doe if their real names aren't known.
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What, what would be the correct procedure to get into your firm?
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Then they tried to get, you know, a hurry up procedure established in the court.
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Before we do the procedure, the law says we have to ask you a few questions.
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I am aware of police procedures, of what you can do and what is impossible.
Fiction book (1990) -
And I think a uniform congressional procedure would be would be desirable.
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Before we do the procedure, the law says we have to ask you a few questions.
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We're not going to get anywhere unless we follow rules of parliamentary procedure.
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We're going through this elaborate procedure simply out of precaution.
Synonyms
159
7.5
Official legal actions in a court case
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3.1
A usual way of doing something that people follow in a situation
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6.4
A set of formal rules for running meetings and debates
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4.8
A formal set of actions in court that a judge uses to decide a dispute
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
30
3.7
An action by doctors or dentists to check, treat and prevent health problems
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3.4
A list of steps to use a machine or to deal with a specific situation safely
- Formal
14
4.3
A set of steps people follow the same way every time to do a task safely and correctly
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3.9
A set of steps to follow in a sudden dangerous or medical situation to keep people safe
- Specialized
2
4.4
A medical test or process to find the cause of a health problem
- Formal
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7.2
An official process with many slow, pointless steps that delays decisions
- Specialized
1
5.4
An experiment where neither the people nor the researchers know who gets the real medicine
- Formal
1
3.9
A regular set of steps people in an organization must follow
- Specialized
A saved set of commands in a library that a program can run by name
- Specialized
A test where words are removed and you fill in the blanks to check reading or teach computers to read
- Specialized
A treatment that helps people face a fear step by step until they feel less scared
- Specialized
A lab method that stains bacteria to show if they have thick or thin cell walls
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Procedure comes from an old Latin word made of pro- 'forward' and cedere 'to go', a root also in process and proceed. That's why in law and meetings a procedure means the official steps you must follow.