THESAURUS
procedure
MO, SOP, act, action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, algorithm, approach, arrangement, attack, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, blueprint, blueprinting, calculation, carriage, charting, common practice, comportment, conception, conduct, contrivance, course, course of action, creed, culture pattern, custom, demeanor, deportment, design, device, disposition, doing, doings, drill, enterprise, envisagement, fashion, figuring, folkway, foresight, forethought, form, game, gestures, goings-on, graphing, ground plan, guidelines, guiding principles, guise, idea, intention, layout, line, line of action, lines, lineup, long-range plan, maintien, maneuver, manner, manner of working, manners, mapping, master plan, matter of course, means, measure, method, methodology, methods, mien, mode, mode of operation, mode of
procedure, modus operandi, modus vivendi, motion, motions, move, movements, moves, observable behavior, operation, operations research, order, organization, pattern, plan, plan of action, planning, planning function, platform, poise, policy, polity, port, pose, position paper, posture, practice, praxis, prearrangement, prescribed form, presence, principles, proceeding, process, program, program of action, rationalization, routine, rule, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, set form, setup, social science, standard operating
procedure, standing orders, step, strategic plan, strategy, style, system, systematization, tack, tactical plan, tactics, technique, the big picture, the drill, the how, the picture, the way of, tone, tradition, way, way of life, ways, ways and means, wise, wont, working plan
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procedure
Method
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method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise, modus operandi, MO,
procedure, path, road, route, course, line of way, line of road, trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack, steps, stair, staircase, flight of stairs, ladder, stile, perron, bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway, drawbridge, pass, ford, ferry, tunnel, pipe, door, gateway, channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit, artery, lane, loan, alley, aisle, lobby, corridor, back-door, back-stairs, secret passage, covert way, vennel, roadway, pathway, stairway, express, thoroughfare, highway, turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road, broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway, beaten track, beaten path, horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path, walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk, crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway, cut, short cut carrefour, private road, occupation road, highways and byways, railroad, railway, tram road, tramway, towpath, causeway, canal, street, speedway, adv, how, in what way, in what manner, by what mode, so, in this way, after this fashion, one way or another, anyhow, somehow or other, by way of, via, in transitu, on the high road to, hae tibi erunt artes.
Action
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action, performance, doing perpetration, exercise, excitation, movement, operation, evolution, work, labor, praxis, execution,
procedure, handicraft, business, agency, deed, act, overt act, stitch, touch, gest transaction, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow, coup, coup de main, coup d'etat, tour de force, feat, exploit, achievement, handiwork, workmanship, manufacture, stroke of policy, actor, doing, acting, in action, in harness, on duty, in operation, in the act, in the midst of, in the thick of, red-handed, in flagrante delicto, while one's hand is in, action is eloquence, actions speak louder than words, actum aiunt ne agas, awake, arise, or be forever fall'n, dii pia facta vident, faire sans dire, fare fac, fronte capillata post est occasio calva, our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts, the great end of life is not knowledge but action, thought is the soul of act, vivre-ce nest pas respirer c'est agir, we live in deeds not years.
Conduct
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conduct, behavior, deportment, comportment, carriage, maintien, demeanor, guise, bearing, manner, observance, dealing, transaction, business, tactics, game, game plan, policy, polity, generalship, statesmanship, seamanship, strategy, strategics, plan, management, husbandry, housekeeping, housewifery, stewardship, menage, regime, economy, economics, political economy, government, execution, manipulation, treatment, campaign, career, life, course, walk, race, record, course of conduct, line of conduct, line of action, line of proceeding, role, process, ways, practice,
procedure, modus operandi, MO, method of operating, method, path, conducting, strategical, businesslike, practical, executive.