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- pronunciation:
- pr
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- features:
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noun |
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a series of steps that must be taken in order to do something.
The procedure for making pancakes starts with mixing the batter.
- synonyms:
- method, operation, process, routine, system
- similar words:
- approach, means, measures, mode, platform, practice, step, strategy, technique, way
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convention, etiquette, habit, operation, performance, plan, tack |
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| derivations: |
procedural (adj.), procedurally (adv.) |
The word procedure
contains the following parts:
pro-1
Latin
prefix
that means before, forward, forth
  Example words:
procedure, proceed, proclaim, procrastinate, produce, profess, profound, profuse, progress, project, projectile, prominent, promise, promote, pronoun, propel, proposal, propose, proposition, prosecute, prospect, protect, protrude, proverb, provide, provoke
ced, ces, -ceed, -cede, -cess
Latin
root
that means to go; to go back or yield
Example words:
access, accessible, antecedent, concede, exceed, excess, precede, precedent, procedure, proceed, process, procession, recede, secede, succeed, success
-ure
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act or process of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ure
attaches to Latin verb roots and English verbs.
Example words:
acupuncture, adventure, agriculture, aquaculture, capture, composure, enclosure, exposure, failure, figure, fixture, fracture, lecture, legislature, literature, manufacture, miniature, picture, posture, pressure, procedure, rapture, rupture, Scripture, seizure, structure, texture, torture
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