| Main Entry: | procedure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | process, system for accomplishing something |
Synonyms: |
action, agenda, agendum, channels, conduct, course, custom, daily grind, fashion, form, formula, game plan, gimmick, grind, idea, layout, line, maneuver, measure, method, mode, modus operandi, move, nuts and bolts, operation, performance, plan, policy, polity, practice, proceeding, program, red tape, routine, scheme, setup, step, strategy, style, the book, the numbers, transaction |
| Notes: | a process is a set or series of actions directed to some end or a natural series of changes; a procedure is a series of actions conducted in a certain manner, an established way of doing something |
| Main Entry: | action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | individual deed |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, achievement, act, blow, commission, dealings, doing, effort, enterprise, execution, exercise, exertion, exploit, feat, handiwork, maneuver, manipulation, move, operation, performance, procedure, step, stroke, thrust, transaction, undertaking |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan of attack, resolution |
Synonyms: |
attitude, concept, course, crack, fling, go*, idea, lick, manner, means, method, mode, modus operandi, new wrinkle, offer, procedure, program, shot, stab, style, technique, way, whack, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | career |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | course, path |
Synonyms: |
course, orbit, passage, pilgrimage, procedure, progress, race, walk |
| Notes: | careen has a nautical origin and is a side-to-side trajectory while career is a headlong high-speed trajectory |
| Main Entry: | course |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | progress, advance |
Synonyms: |
advancement, chain, channels, consecution, continuity, development, flow, furtherance, line, manner, march, movement, order, plan, policy, polity, procedure, program, progression, red tape, row, scheme, sequel, sequence, series, string, succession, system, unfolding, way |
| Main Entry: | course |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan of study |
Synonyms: |
class, conference, curriculum, discussion group, interest, laboratory, lecture, matriculation, meeting, method, period, preparation, procedure, program, regimen, schedule, seminar, session, speciality, subject |
| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual action |
Synonyms: |
addiction, beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, habitude, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, proprieties, routine, rule, second nature, shot, swim, thing, trick, usage, use, way, wont |
Antonyms: |
departure, deviation, difference, divergence, irregularity |
| Main Entry: | experiment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigation, test |
Synonyms: |
R and D, agreement, analysis, assay, attempt, check, dissection, dry run, enterprise, essay, examination, exercise, experimentation, fling*, measure, observation, operation, practice, probe, procedure, proof, quiz, rehearsal, research, research and development, scrutiny, search, speculation, study, trial, trial and error, trial run, try, try-on, tryout, undertaking, venture, verification |
| Main Entry: | fashion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attitude, manner |
Synonyms: |
convention, custom, demeanor, device, etiquette, form, formality, formula, guise, method, mode, modus operandi, mores, observance, order, practice, precedent, prescription, prevalence, procedure, sort, style, system, technique, tendency, tone, trend, usage, vein, vogue, way |
| Main Entry: | formality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | convention, custom |
Synonyms: |
academism, ceremony, convenance, conventionality, form, gesture, liturgy, matter of form, officialism, procedure, red tape, rite, ritual, rituality, rubric, rule, service, solemnity, solemnness, stereotype, tradition |
Antonyms: |
informality |