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procedure

Noun : A particular method for performing a task.

Noun : A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.

Noun : (uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.

procedural

Adjective : Related to procedure.

Adjective : (computing) Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.

Noun : (literature, film) A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail.

practice

Noun : Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.

Noun : An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.

Noun : (uncountable, especially medicine, art) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.

descriptive

Adjective : Of, relating to, or providing a description.

Adjective : (grammar) Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).

Adjective : (linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.

practical

Adjective : Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.

Adjective : Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use.

Adjective : Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical.

hands-on

Adjective : Involving active participation.

Noun : A session of active participation, often as part of training or education.

step-by-step

Adjective : Proceeding from one step to the next in sequence.

Noun : (informal) A step-by-step guide.

convenient

Adjective : Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.

Adjective : Suspicious due to suiting someone's purposes very well.

Adjective : (obsolete) Fit; suitable; appropriate.

proceedings

Noun : (law, plural only) The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.

Noun : The published record of the actions of a society, or of things done at its meetings.

how

Verb : (interrogative) To what degree or extent.

Verb : (interrogative) In what manner:

Verb : By what means.

pratique

Noun : (nautical) Permission to use a port given to a ship after compliance with quarantine or on conviction that she is free of contagious disease.

Noun : (obsolete) Practice; habits.

practices

Noun : Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.

Noun : An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.

Noun : (uncountable, especially medicine, art) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.

procedures

Noun : A particular method for performing a task.

Noun : A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.

Noun : (uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.

instruct

Verb : (transitive) To teach by giving instructions.

Verb : (transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do.

Verb : (transitive) To give (one's own lawyer) legal instructions as to how they should act in relation to a particular issue; thereby formally appointing them as one's own legal representative in relation to it.

inducing

Adjective : That induces; inductive

improving

Adjective : That tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person).

informed

Adjective : Instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education.

Adjective : Based on knowledge; founded on due understanding of a situation.

Adjective : (obsolete) Created, given form.

to go

Adjective : (idiomatic) Served in a package or takeout container so as to be taken away from a restaurant rather than eaten on the premises.

Adjective : (idiomatic) Remaining. To finish. (In a group of events or items) belonging to the subgroup that have not passed or have not been finished or have not been addressed yet.

Adjective : Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, go.

intradirective

Adjective : (grammar) Being an intransitive verb in which the subject both actively performs and undergoes the action.

like

Verb : To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.

Verb : (transitive, archaic) To please (same meaning as above but with subject and object reversed).

Verb : (obsolete) To derive pleasure [with of or by or with ‘from someone or something’].

remediate

Verb : (transitive) To correct or improve (a deficiency or problem).

tell-truth

Noun : (obsolete) An honest and truthful person.

Adjective : (obsolete) Exposing the truth; revealing; illuminating.

to write home about

Adjective : Of significance; worth noticing or remarking upon.

accustomate

Adjective : (Early Modern, obsolete) Customary, usual.

guide

Noun : Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.

Noun : A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.

Noun : A sign that guides people; guidepost.

instruction

Noun : (uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.

Noun : (countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.

Noun : (countable) An order or command.

manual

Noun : Synonym of handbook.

Noun : A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.

Noun : (military) A drill in the use of weapons, etc.

tutorial

Adjective : Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.

Noun : (education) A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience.

Noun : (education) An interactive class taught by a tutor to students at university or college, individually or in small groups.

fill in

Verb : (transitive) To fill; to replace material that is absent or has been removed.

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic) To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.

Verb : (intransitive, idiomatic) To substitute for somebody or something.

look up

Verb : Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, up.

Verb : (intransitive, idiomatic) To have better prospects.

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic) To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something.

tell

Verb : (transitive, archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.

Verb : (transitive, ditransitive) To narrate, to recount.

Verb : (transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.

point out

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic) To identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body.

Verb : (figuratively, idiomatic) To tell, remind, indicate.

read in

Verb : (transitive) To accept as input.

Verb : (idiomatic, transitive) To allow access to classified information.

Verb : (law) To judicially insert an official legal interpretation into a statute

add up

Verb : (transitive, of a numerical amount) To take the sum of; to total.

Verb : (intransitive) To accumulate; to amount to.

Verb : (idiomatic, intransitive) To make sense; to be reasonable or consistent.

milestone

Noun : A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.

Noun : (idiomatic) An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.

Verb : To place milestones along (a road, etc.).

ink in

Verb : (transitive) to fill in or write in using a pen

Verb : (idiomatic, transitive) to schedule in a calendar

Verb : (idiomatic, transitive) to sign a document to hire someone

game plan

Noun : (idiomatic) Any strategy devised to reach a given objective.

read out

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic) To read something and say the words to inform other people.

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic, US) (of a device) To read some data and inform the person using the device; (of the user) to read some data from the device to inform oneself.

Verb : (transitive, law) To interpret a part of a law so that it is not struck down but is rendered of no effect or applicability.

john henry

Noun : (idiomatic) One's signature.

john hancock

Noun : (US, idiomatic) A person's signature.

Verb : (US, transitive) To sign; to write one's signature on (something).

wrap up

Verb : (transitive and intransitive) To cover or enclose (something) by folding and securing a covering entirely around it.

Verb : (transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To conclude or finish completely.

Verb : (transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To summarize or recapitulate.

speak for

Verb : Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see speak, for.

Verb : To speak on somebody's behalf.

Verb : (idiomatic) To claim, reserve, or occupy.

follow suit

Verb : (card games) To play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card.

Verb : (idiomatic) To follow an example; to imitate or copy the actions of another.

track record

Noun : (idiomatic) The past performance of a person, organization, or product, viewed in its entirety and usually for the purpose of making a judgment.

Noun : Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see track, record.

pencil in

Verb : (transitive) to fill in or write in using pencil

Verb : (idiomatic, transitive) to provisionally schedule

plug in

Verb : (idiomatic) To connect (an electrical device) to a plug socket.

Verb : (idiomatic) To familiarize and integrate (a person) into an organization.

Verb : (idiomatic, mathematics) To replace a variable with a number in order to solve an equation.

bottom line

Noun : (countable, uncountable, business) The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.

Noun : (idiomatic) The summary or result; the most important information.

Noun : A minimum acceptable result from a negotiation.

sign in

Verb : (idiomatic) To sign one's name on a list when entering a place, to indicate one's arrival.

Verb : (computing) To take some action to access a secured program or web page on a computer; to log in.

cutting edge

Noun : The sharp edge of the blade of a knife or other cutting tool.

Noun : (idiomatic, by extension, often with "on the") The forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.

Adjective : Alternative form of cutting-edge [Representing the forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.]

jot down

Verb : (idiomatic, transitive) to write down hurriedly; to make a note of

take form

Verb : (idiomatic) To take shape

pidgin

Noun : (linguistics) An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.

Noun : (archaic, idiomatic) A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon).

opposite number

Noun : (idiomatic) A person who holds a position in an organization that corresponds to that held by another person in another organization; a counterpart

living proof

Noun : (idiomatic) A real-life person or thing which demonstrates the validity of a hypothesis.

team up

Verb : (intransitive) To join into a team, or into teams.

join forces

Verb : (idiomatic) To combine labour, to come together, to unite.

play ball

Verb : (idiomatic) To start anything tumultuous.

Verb : (idiomatic) To work together; to cooperate.

Verb : (baseball, softball) An expression used at the beginning of a game of baseball or softball.

band together

Verb : (idiomatic, intransitive) to unite, to come together

given name

Noun : A personal name chosen for a child, usually by their parents.

Noun : (uncommon, humorous) A name bestowed by oneself or another, as opposed to the name given by one's parents.

take stock

Verb : (idiomatic) To scrutinize or size up something; to assess a situation.

make sense

Verb : (intransitive, idiomatic) To be sensible, coherent, reasonable.

Verb : (intransitive, idiomatic, with of) To decipher or understand.

Verb : (informal) Used to express interest or desire in something; to be pleasing or beneficial; to work, be operative, or be advantageous to.

public eye

Noun : (with definite article) The focus of public attention; the limelight.

flesh out

Verb : (idiomatic, transitive) To complete; to create details from a basic outline, structure, or skeleton.

be like

Verb : (with a noun)

Verb : To be similar to (something).

Verb : To be typical or characteristic of (someone or something).

detective work

Noun : (idiomatic) investigative research

make history

Verb : (idiomatic) To do something that will be widely remembered for a long time.

change over

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic) to convert to, to make a transition from one system to another

catch on

Verb : (intransitive, idiomatic) To understand; to begin to understand; to realize.

Verb : (intransitive, idiomatic) To become popular; to become commonplace; to become the standard.

Verb : (intransitive, New England, dated, of food) To become stuck to the cooking vessel; to brown or burn slightly.

root cause

Noun : (idiomatic) An initiating cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.

Verb : (transitive) To identify the cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.

shape up

Verb : (intransitive, idiomatic) To improve; to correct one's bad habits or behavior.

Verb : (intransitive, idiomatic) To take shape; to transform into or become.

Verb : (intransitive, slang) To gesture or posture threateningly; to approach as if to fight; to pose to intimidate.

speak to

Verb : (idiomatic) To give evidence regarding something; to attest or provide evidence for; to bespeak.

Verb : (idiomatic) To address a particular topic.

Verb : (idiomatic) To (figuratively) resonate with; to feel emotionally relevant to.

stick together

Verb : (ambitransitive) To physically combine or join together by adhesion.

Verb : (idiomatic, intransitive) To remain united, to stay together in association or alliance.

take part

Verb : (idiomatic, intransitive, with "in") To participate or join.

Verb : (idiomatic) To share or partake.

Verb : (dated) To support or ally oneself (with).

round up

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic) To collect or gather (something) together.

Verb : To gather (livestock such as cattle, sheep, geese, etc.) together, such as by encircling them.

Verb : (transitive, informal) To arrest or detain a group of people based on collective (rather than individualized) cause or suspicion, often as a form of targeted persecution.

call on

Verb : (transitive) To visit (a person); to pay a call to.

Verb : (transitive) To select (a student in a classroom, etc.) to provide an answer.

Verb : (transitive) To request or ask something of (a person); to select for a task.

record book

Noun : (also idiomatic) A book which lists record-breaking achievements.

Noun : A book in which a record is kept of events, similar to a logbook.

get in

Verb : Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, in.

Verb : (transitive) To get into or inside something, literally or figuratively.

Verb : (intransitive) To enter a place; to gain access.

common ground

Noun : (idiomatic) A characteristic or interest shared by multiple people or systems; any belief, etc. held in common.

hang together

Verb : (idiomatic) To be connected.

Verb : (idiomatic) To correspond or fit well.

Verb : (idiomatic, of two people) To be in a romantic relationship.

up on

Adjective : (idiomatic, colloquial) Well-informed concerning.

bring home

Verb : (idiomatic, transitive) To earn (money).

Verb : (idiomatic) To make clearer or better understood.

cotton to

Verb : (idiomatic) To like; approve of, accept, or tolerate.

put forward

Verb : (idiomatic, transitive) To propose for consideration.

Verb : (idiomatic, transitive) To change the time in a time zone to a later time.

project management

Noun : (operations) The discipline of organizing and managing resources (e.g. people) in such a way that a project is completed within defined scope, quality, time and cost constraints.

Noun : Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see project, management.

call out

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic) To specify, especially in detail.

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic) To order into service; to summon into service.

Verb : (intransitive, transitive) To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce.

size up

Verb : (idiomatic, transitive) To evaluate; to estimate or anticipate the magnitude, difficulty, or strength of something.

Verb : (intransitive) To wear a larger size of clothing.

chip in

Verb : (intransitive, idiomatic) To make a contribution; help in a small way; especially, to pay for a part of something.

Verb : (transitive, idiomatic) To contribute (something); to contribute to (something).

Verb : (intransitive, card games) To ante; to put into the pot the amount of chips or money required to continue.

act up

Verb : (intransitive, idiomatic) To misbehave; to cause trouble.

Verb : (intransitive, idiomatic) To perform the duties of an appointment senior to that actually held; to deputise for a superior.

make over

Verb : (idiomatic) To renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them.

Verb : (idiomatic) (of a person, particularly a woman) To give a new physical look to, especially with a new hairstyle, cosmetics, or clothes.

Verb : (idiomatic) (of a career, public image, etc.) To improve upon or take in a new direction.

narrow down

Verb : (idiomatic) To make more specific.

play back

Verb : (idiomatic, transitive) To replay a recording.

golden rule

Noun : (idiomatic) A fundamental rule or principle.

Noun : (ethics) The principle that one should treat other people in the manner in which one would want to be treated by them.

Noun : (law, England and Wales, idiomatic) A method of statutory interpretation, whereby a judge will deviate from a literal interpretation of the law to the extent necessary to circumvent obvious absurdities or (sometimes) conclusions repugnant to public policy.

lead time

Noun : (idiomatic) The amount of time between the initiation of some process and its completion, e.g. the time required to manufacture or procure a product; the time required before something can be provided or delivered.

kick in

Verb : To kick; to collapse or break by kicking.

Verb : (transitive) To kick or strike so as to cause the object struck to collapse or fall inwards.

Verb : (transitive, slang) To kick or strike (a person); to beat up.

sea change

Noun : (idiomatic) A profound transformation; a metamorphosis.

selling point

Noun : (idiomatic, business) The property or characteristic of a good that most attracts purchasers.

make for

Verb : (idiomatic) To set out to go (somewhere); to move towards.

Verb : (idiomatic) To tend to produce or result in.

Verb : (idiomatic) To identify; to connect.

party to

Adjective : (idiomatic) Privy to; having knowledge of.

look into

Verb : (idiomatic) To investigate, explore, or consider.

Verb : Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: look into.

strings attached

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