Procedure. Response. Legislation. Acquisition

Procedure

/ pɹəˈsi dʒəɹ /

(n) a series of actions that are done in a certain way or order; a medical treatment or option

● Installing a car battery is a simple procedure.

● The procedure is simple and should only take about 15 minutes.

● The immigration office gave them the procedure they had to follow.

Other words in this family: proceed, procedural, procedures, proceeded, proceeding, proceedings, proceeds

Response

/ ɹɪˈspɑns /

(n) something that is said or written as a reply or reaction

● I asked but he gave no response.

● They were taught to rethink their stress response as helpful.

● Our first response to the pandemic was to hole up in our apartment.

Other words in this family: respond, responded, respondent, respondents, responding, responds, responses, responsive, responsiveness, unresponsive

Legislation

/ ˌlɛdʒ ɪsˈleɪ ʃən /

(n) a law or set of laws made by a government; the action or process of making laws

● We are voting on gun legislation today.

● There was an initiative, 64 pages of legislation, that was already in place.

● New York City passed legislation that bars employers from firing pregnant women.

Other words in this family: legislate, legislated, legislates, legislating, legislative, legislator, legislators, legislature

Acquisition

/ ˌæk wəˈzɪʃ ən /

(n) the act of getting something; the act of obtaining money or possessions;

the learning or development of a skill or quality

● I specialize in second language acquisition.

● This piece of art was an acquisition several years ago; it was not a donation.

● Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp cost them 19.3 billion dollars.

Other words in this family: acquire, acquired, acquires, acquiring, acquisitions