Definition of process

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Definition of process

  • a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant (noun)

    Examples

    1. a bony process

    Synonyms

    1. appendage
    2. outgrowth
  • 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. summons
  • shape, form, or improve a material (verb)

    Examples

    1. process iron

    Synonyms

    1. work
    2. work on
  • deliver a warrant or summons to someone (verb)

    Examples

    1. He was processed by the sheriff

    Synonyms

    1. serve
    2. swear out
  • a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states (noun)

    Examples

    1. events now in process
    2. the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls

    Synonyms

    1. physical process
  • institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against (verb)

    Examples

    1. He was warned that the district attorney would process him

    Synonyms

    1. action
    2. litigate
    3. sue
  • march in a procession (verb)

    Examples

    1. They processed into the dining room

    Synonyms

    1. march
  • a particular course of action intended to achieve a result (noun)

    Examples

    1. it was a process of trial and error

    Synonyms

    1. procedure
  • (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents (noun)

    Examples

    1. the process of thinking

    Synonyms

    1. cognitive operation
    2. cognitive process
    3. mental process
    4. operation
  • a mental process that you are not directly aware of (noun)

    Examples

    1. the process of denial

    Synonyms

    1. unconscious process
  • subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition (verb)

    Examples

    1. process cheese
    2. process hair

    Synonyms

    1. treat
  • deal with in a routine way (verb)

    Examples

    1. process a loan
    2. process the applicants
  • perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information (verb)

    Examples

    1. The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech

See definition of process in Merriam Webster