process
noun
1. a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
- the procedure of obtaining a driver's license
- it was a process of trial and error
Similar word(s): procedure
Definition categories: act, activity
2. (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- the process of thinking
Similar word(s): operation
Definition categories: thought, cognition, knowledge, noesis
3. a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
Similar word(s): summons
Definition categories: communication, writ
4. a mental process that you are not directly aware of
- the process of denial
Definition categories: thought, cognition, knowledge, noesis
5. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
- a bony process
Similar word(s): appendage, outgrowth
Definition categories: body
6. a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
- events now in process
- the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls
Definition categories: general
Sentences with process as a noun:
- This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.
verb
1. subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
- process cheese
- process hair
Similar word(s): treat
Definition categories: change, affect, impact, touch
2. deal with in a routine way
- process a loan
- process the applicants
Definition categories: social, care, deal, handle, manage
3. perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information
- The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech
Definition categories: cognition, calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon
4. institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- He was warned that the district attorney would process him
Similar word(s): action, litigate, sue
Definition categories: social, challenge
5. march in a procession
- They processed into the dining room
Similar word(s): march
Definition categories: motion, walk
6. shape, form, or improve a material
- process iron
Similar word(s): work
Definition categories: creation, transform, transmute, transubstantiate
7. deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- He was processed by the sheriff
Similar word(s): serve
Definition categories: contact, deliver
Sentences with process as a verb:
- We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions.