process
IPA: prˈɑsɛs
noun
- A series of events which produce a result (the product).
- (manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.
- A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
- (anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
- (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
- (biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
- (anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
- (computing) An executable task or program.
- The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
verb
- (transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
- (transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
- (transitive, figurative) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
- (transitive, photography, film) To develop photographic film.
- (transitive, law) To take legal proceedings against.
- To walk in a procession
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Examples of "process" in Sentences
- The process was endurable.
- This was a dialectical process.
- But, such processes are corruptible.
- Look up adiabatic process and isothermal process.
- The process of applying for a job can be taxing to say the least.
- Bought a house and have been in the exhausting process of moving.
- In the process, the water's momentum is transferred to the turbine.
- Probate is the process of transferring title to property when the owner dies.
- In the latter case the route selection process moves to the next tie breaker.
- I'm sorry that the page looked a little untidy during the process of the move.