protocol

CEFRB2

/ˈpɹəʊtəˌkɒl/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A set of official rules or agreed procedures.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An amendment to an official treaty.

Examples

  • Just stick to the protocol, would you?

  • Politeness is just a protocol that is different in every society.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈpɹəʉtəˌkoːl/
  • /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɑl/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An official record of a diplomatic meeting or negotiation; later specifically, a draft document setting out agreements to be signed into force by a subsequent formal treaty.

  2. The minutes, or official record, of a negotiation or transaction; especially a document drawn up officially which forms the legal basis for subsequent agreements based on it.

  3. The first leaf of a roll of papyrus, or the official mark typically found on such a page.

More examples

In context

  • An exception is Jabber, which is designed based on an open protocol called the extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP).

  • The 1992 Protocol amended the definitions of other terms, including ‘ship’, ‘oil’ and ‘incident’: Art. 2.

  • The terms of this protocol formed the basis for the Treaty of London signed by the British, French and Russian governments on 6 July 1827.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Middle French protocolle, protocole (“document, record”), from Late Latin protocollum (“the first sheet of a volume (on which contents and errata were written)”), from Byzantine Greek πρωτόκολλον (prōtókollon, “first sheet glued onto a manuscript”), from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”).