Need and Procedure

Need

Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.

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

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

Procedure noun - A usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result.

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

Nearby Word: procedural

special	special need	special procedure
long	long need	long procedure
particular	particular need	particular procedure
usual	usual need	usual procedure
Other adjectives: specific, actual, real, secret, new, possible, magical.

However, the need for that money for that procedure is never brought up in the movie again, and he inexplicably ends up requiring neither money nor the procedure to get what he seeks.

Source: Film / Johnny Mnemonic
When the doc offers him some booze before the operation, Little Joe declines the offer: "I don't need anything like that." He passes out during the procedure, but it still comes across very manly.

Source: Skip the Anesthetic
Gifted students who can work out the answer in their heads see no need for the step-by-step procedure, so they suffer for it.

Source: Book Dumb

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