Synonyms for procedure
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Princeton's WordNet(2.34 / 9 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. procedure, process(noun)

   a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

   "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"

   Synonyms:
   process, unconscious process, cognitive operation, cognitive process, operation, function, subprogram, mental process, physical process, subroutine, outgrowth, appendage, summons, routine

2. operation, procedure(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"

   Synonyms:
   routine, surgery, mathematical operation, process, subroutine, surgical operation, function, cognitive operation, performance, subprogram, functioning, operation, military operation, cognitive process, surgical procedure, mental process, mathematical process, surgical process

3. routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function(noun)

   a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

   Synonyms:
   turn, modus operandi, subprogram, social function, process, mathematical function, routine, subroutine, role, occasion, act, number, purpose, affair, part, map, office, operation, use, single-valued function, function, bit, social occasion, mapping

4. procedure(noun)

   a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings

   Synonyms:
   routine, subroutine, operation, process, function, subprogram

Wiktionary(2.33 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. procedure(noun)

   A particular method for performing a task.

   Synonyms:
   routine, process, algorithm, method, protocol

2. procedure(noun)

   Synonyms:
   function, sub, method, routine, subroutine

English Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. procedure

   Operation is action considered with reference to the thing acted upon, and may apply to the action of an intelligent agent or of a material substance or force; as, the operation of a medicine. Performance and execution denote intelligent action, considered with reference to the actor or to that which he accomplishes; performance accomplishing the will of the actor, execution often the will of another; we speak of the performance of a duty, the execution of a sentence. Compare ACT.

   Synonyms:
   action, agency, effect, execution, force, influence, operation, performance, result

   Antonyms:
   failure, inaction, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, inutility, powerlessness, uselessness

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. procedure

   Synonyms:
   proceeding, act, progress, course of conduct, process

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. procedure(n.)

   Synonyms:
   conduct, practice, course, process, management, course of action, mode of operation

2. procedure(n.)

   Synonyms:
   act, transaction, deed, action, performance, proceeding, measure, step

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1. List of paraphrases for "procedure":

   proceedings, procedures, process, procedural, proceeding, procédure, internal, procedimento, method, domestic, interior, procedura, regime, order, action, homeland, indoor, verfahren

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How to use procedure in a sentence?

1. Ben Van Handel:

   There are times when after the procedure is done that the heart is still beating.

2. Al Schmidt:

   In Philly, we set out and voted on a procedure complying with the Pennsylvania election code for how to challenge those mail-in ballots whether they are absentee ballots or regular mail-in ballots and as of close of business today, we did not receive a challenge to any of them.

3. Dominique Keller:

   Following the procedure, Hasina was standing on her own, which is a positive sign, but in the end she may have been too weak from the experience.

4. The Nepali investigators:

   This, together with the failure on the part of both the crew to follow the standard operating procedure at the critical stage of the flight, contributed to the loss of situational awareness.

5. Pamela Anderson:

   This is all standard procedure.

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