Direction and Procedure

Direction

Direction noun - A statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned.

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Procedure and direction are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Procedure" instead a noun "Direction".

Nearby Words: direct, directed, directly, director, directive

Procedure noun - A way of acting or proceeding.

Usage example: followed standard procedure for dealing with a consumer complaint

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Direction and procedure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Direction" instead a noun "Procedure".

Nearby Word: procedural

safe	safe direction	safe procedure
exact	exact direction	exact procedure
particular	particular direction	particular procedure
similar	similar direction	similar procedure
Other adjectives: specific, complete, correct, proper, actual, entire, real, wrong, new, experimental, possible, realistic.

Their default operating procedure when encountering hostile ships is to run very quickly in the opposite direction.

Source: Video Game / Stellaris
Reimu Hakurei from Touhou's standard procedure when it comes to resolving incidents is to start flying in any random direction and blast down anyone and anything that gets in her way until the incident is resolved.

Source: Theory of Narrative Causality

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