STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does standard operating procedure mean? 

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

1. a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A prescribed procedure to be followed routinely

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

SOP; standard operating procedure; standard procedure; standing operating procedure

Context example:

rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries

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

operating procedure (a procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation)

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

lockstep (a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly)

 Context examples 

The act of overseeing the progress of a clinical trial, and of ensuring that it is conducted, recorded, and reported in accordance with the protocol, standard operating procedures (SOPs), good clinical practice (GCP), and the applicable regulatory requirement(s). [ICH E6 Glossary]

(Clinical Trials, Monitoring, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)