noun · academic
procedure
UK/prəˈsiːdʒə/US/prəˈsiːdʒər/pro·CE·dure
Band 4-5task1task2speaking
a series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner
Examples
“Follow the correct procedure when you collect the samples.”
“The hospital has strict procedures for sterilisation.”
“Before the trial, the team agreed on the procedure to be used.”
Band 8 sentence
“Before starting the trial, the research team agreed on a strict procedure to ensure participant safety.”
Collocations
- follow the procedure
- standard procedure
- surgical procedure
Word family
procedural adjective
Common mistakes
follow procedure→follow the procedure
We will do the procedure tomorrow.→We will follow the procedure tomorrow.
Say it for a higher band
5way→6process→7+procedure
Synonyms
process
Easily confused
process
“The company improved its hiring process to reduce errors.”
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