STANDARD PROCEDURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does standard procedure mean? 

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

1. a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STANDARD 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 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 procedure"):

lockstep (a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly)