process

Meaning

Noun

1. A series of events leading to a result or product.
2. The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.
3. A path or succession of states through which a system passes.
4. Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
5. Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
6. An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
7. An executable task or program.
8. The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.

Verb

1. (transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
2. (transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
4. (transitive) To develop photographic film.
5. (transitive) To take legal proceedings against.

Verb

To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context.

Synonyms

procedure

method

treat

way

deal with

manner

handle

operation

system

course

action

proceeding

means

mode

work

technique

course of action

summons

deal

lawsuit

act

clear

march

sue

protocol

outgrowth

case

processing

program

progress

refine

address

development

litigate

litigation

sequence

serve

formalities

evolution

cleanse

sift

function

physical process

transform

swear out

route

routine

filter

appendage

discuss

tenor

device

movement

cognitive process

working procedure

strategy

cognitive operation

mental process

strain

convert

practice

procession

treatment

work on

distill

unconscious process

transact

step

conduct

effect

manipulate

manufacture

manufacturing

medium

monition

nail

negotiate

path

🛣️

perfect

plow

proceedings

produce

puzzle out

queue

ravel out

red tape

report

reprocess

resolve

rule

scheme

sedimentation

see

👀

service

serving

settle

smooth out

sober

solve

sort

spell out

sprout

straighten out

subpoena

tackle

tan

tool

trace

trade

transaction

transfigure

transmute

trial

unfolding

unsnarl

untwine

unweave

uses

wield

work through

work up

writ

causa

deal in

do by

hash out

have dealings

judicial writ

just when

negociate

puzzle over

proc

processus

behaviour

policy

procedures

research

program of work

service of process

operating procedure

process of monition

operating capacity

working operation

couse

branch process

multiplication process

job programme

working routine

precipitation method

operativity

action at law

activity

act on

adapt

adjust

advance

after

apophysis

approach

arraign

as

associate

attend to

batch process

be

branching

buildup

canvas

carry on

carry out

cascade

challenge

change

citation

clarify

clean up

clear up

code

conclude

conk

convention

course of events

create

crunch

cure

custody

dare

daring

decipher

deed

deportment

deposition

discourse

disentangle

dispatch

doing

explicate

facility

fathom

flowering

formality

functionality

functions

gantlet

gauntlet

go about

growth

hear

impact

improve

improvement

institution

instruction

labor

labour

legal action

legal proceedings

line

make out

Translations

processus

proceso

Prozess

procesar

traiter

procédé

Verfahren

proces

Vorgang

işlem

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹəʊsɛs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: proces

In summary

From Middle English proces, from Old French procés (“journey”), from Latin prōcessus (“course, progression”), nominalization of prōcēdō (“proceed, advance”).

Sentences

In living things , this process is called bioluminescence .

The Reichsrat, or upper house , was not involved in this process at all .

Control an active connection multiplexing master process .

It is used in the Bayer process of aluminium production .

The process of licensing varies depending on the type of use required .