OPERATING PROCEDURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does operating procedure mean? 

• OPERATING PROCEDURE (noun)
  The noun OPERATING PROCEDURE has 1 sense:

1. a procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation

  Familiarity information: OPERATING PROCEDURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPERATING PROCEDURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("operating procedure" is a kind of...):

procedure; process (a particular course of action intended to achieve a result)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "operating procedure"):

SOP; standard operating procedure; standard procedure; standing operating procedure (a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely)