process

Plural: processes

Noun

• a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  • "it was a process of trial and error"
• (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
  • "the process of thinking"
• 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
• a mental process that you are not directly aware of
  • "the process of denial"
• a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
  • "a bony process"
• 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"
• A series of events leading to a result or product.
• The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.
• A path or succession of states through which a system passes.
• Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
• Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
• An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
• An executable task or program.
• The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.

Verb

Verb Forms: processed, processing, processes

• To treat or prepare by a special method.
• subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
  • "process cheese"
  • "process hair"
• deal with in a routine way
  • "process a loan"
  • "process the applicants"
• 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"
• institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
  • "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"
• march in a procession
  • "They processed into the dining room"
• shape, form, or improve a material
  • "process iron"
• deliver a warrant or summons to someone
  • "He was processed by the sheriff"
• To perform a particular process on a thing.
• To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
• To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
• To develop photographic film.
• To take legal proceedings against.
• To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context.

Examples

• I didn't know she had a criminal record. That will take me a while to process.
• My brain works to process all the possible word combinations on the board.
• This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.
• We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions.

Synonyms

action, appendage, cognitive operation, cognitive process, litigate, march, mental process, operation, outgrowth, physical process, procedure, serve, sue, summons, swear out, treat, unconscious process, work, work on

Related Words

procedure, proceed

Anagrams of process