English Explanatory Dictionary

process

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

prōʹsĕs /ˈpɹəʊ.sɛs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-process.wav prŏʹsĕs /ˈpɹɑ.sɛs/ /-əs/ en-us-process.ogg /ˈpɹoʊ.sɛs/ /ˈpɹəʉˌses/ [ˈpɹɐʉˌses] /ˈpɹɐʉˌses/ /ˈprɔsəs/ /ˈpro-/ prə-sĕsʹ /pɹəˈsɛs/ /pɹəˈses/

Word forms

process processes processing processed

Etymology

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

Related words

proceed procedure

Derived words

abuse of process Acheson process acrocoracoid process alveolar process ammonia process ammonia-soda process autoprocess background process barrel process basic process batch process bioprocess bodily process Bower-Barff process branching process carbon process Castner process Catalan process cazo process ciliary process clinoid process cold rain process contact process coprocess coracoid process coronoid process counterprocess cross-process cryo-process cryo process cumene process cyanide process Czochralski process Deacon's process Dirichlet process Dongola process Dow process due process due process of law Dutch process ensiform process Fischer-Tropsch process Fourcault process Fowler process Frank-Caro process Frasch process frontal process full process Galton-Watson process Gayley process Gilchrist-Thomas process Haber process Hall-Héroult process Harvey process Hock process honey process hydroprocess in-process interprocess inter-process communication
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