operating procedure
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈɑːpəˌreɪtɪŋ prəˈsiːdʒər/
:
procedimiento operativo
- The management created an operating procedure to ensure safety during emergencies.
- standard operating procedure
- normal operating procedures
- change its operating procedures
Your, your design, your integration, your testing, your operating procedure, your people should be trained.
- Your, your design, your integration, your testing, your operating procedure, your people should be trained.
- I mean that's pretty standard operating procedure for him.
- PS SOP is a standard operating procedure.
- But a standard operating procedure was once we'd win the contract, we'd renegotiate everything, right?
Examples
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And right now we have just released a standard operating procedure for the police where all police in Mumbai must follow it.
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Are there any other standard operating procedures I should be aware of, Commander?
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There are no standard operating procedures for what we do.
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This mission will be different from our standard operating procedure.
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We are required to follow standard operating procedure.
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Normally that would be the standard operating procedure.
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That is standard operating procedure.
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What would standard operating procedure be in this case?
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The majority of health care facilities did not test water quality as part of normal operating procedures.
Academic text (2005) -
Imagine the day when teaching toward the standards is standard operating procedure.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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4.1
A part of a computer program that does a specific task
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3.1
A usual way of doing something that people follow in a situation
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4.3
A set of steps people follow the same way every time to do a task safely and correctly
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4.7
A set of steps people regularly follow at work
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3.3
A paper or file that tells you how to set up and use a device like a printer
A regular set of steps people in an organization must follow
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a set of instructions for operating a machine or system' is directly derivable from combining 'operating' (actively functioning or involved in a process) with 'procedure' (ordered steps). This is a transparent, compositional noun phrase following common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Operating procedure comes from a simple image: operating means working a machine and procedure means a list of steps, like a recipe someone follows. So it means 'a set of instructions' you must follow to use equipment or 'handle a situation'.