procedure
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(noun) a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings |
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Related Words: bureaucratic procedure, judicial proceeding, legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings, red tape |
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(noun) a particular course of action intended to achieve a results; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error" |
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Synonyms: process |
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Related Words: Bertillon system, activity, calculation, chromosome mapping, computation, condition, diagnostic procedure, emergency procedure, experimental condition, fingerprinting, formula, indirection, mapping, modus operandi, operating procedure, rigamarole, rigmarole, routine, rule, stiffening |
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(noun) a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work: "the operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool operations" |
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Synonyms: operation |
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Related Words: work |
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(noun) a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program |
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Synonyms: function, routine, subprogram, subroutine |
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Related Words: cataloged procedure, contingency procedure, executive routine, library routine, random number generator, recursive routine, reusable routine, service routine, software, software system, supervisory routine, tracing routine, utility routine |
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