Procedure and Running

Procedure

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

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

Nearby Word: procedural

Running noun - The act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something.

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Procedure and running are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Procedure" instead a noun "Running".

Nearby Words: run, runner

long	long procedure	long running
normal	normal procedure	normal running
typical	typical procedure	typical running
common	common procedure	common running
Other adjectives: complex, complete, standard, proper, simple, actual, entire, successful.

Though done innocently enough and fully clothed, Rika in Digimon Tamers is made to pose for a photographer by her mother and ends up running out of the room after becoming upset with the procedure.

Source: Public Exposure
Running Gag: A minor one is spawned when Viktor is attempting to perform some kind of medical procedure on Higgs when the latter is unconscious at 0 hp.

Source: Podcast / Rollplay
And in a running gag, after the Inspector left, someone else would come up and Johnny would give them detailed information using the same procedure.

Source: Almighty Janitor

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Running and Procedure. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/procedure/running

Procedure & Running. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/procedure/running>.

Running or Procedure. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/procedure/running.

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