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Meaning of 'process' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Process [ n.]
- The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.
- A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature.
- A statement of events; a narrative.
- Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.
- The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial.

Meaning of 'process' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . process [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
Example in sentence:
  • a bony process
Meaning (2):
- a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
Example in sentence:
  • events now in process;
  • the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls
Meaning (3):
- a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
Example in sentence:
  • it was a process of trial and error;
  • the procedure of obtaining a driver's license
Meaning (4):
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
Example in sentence:
  • the cognitive operation of remembering;
  • the process of thinking
Meaning (5):
- a mental process that you are not directly aware of
Example in sentence:
  • the process of denial
6 . process [ v]
Meaning (6):
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
Example in sentence:
  • He was processed by the sheriff
Meaning (7):
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
Example in sentence:
  • He was warned that the district attorney would process him;
  • She actioned the company for discrimination
Meaning (8):
- deal with in a routine way
Example in sentence:
  • I'll handle that one;
  • process a loan;
  • process the applicants
Meaning (9):
- subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
Example in sentence:
  • process cheese;
  • process hair;
  • treat an oil spill;
  • treat the lawn with chemicals;
  • treat the water so it can be drunk
Meaning (10):
- shape, form, or improve a material
Example in sentence:
  • process iron;
  • work stone into tools;
  • work the metal
Meaning (11):
- perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information
Example in sentence:
  • The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech
Meaning (12):
- march in a procession
Example in sentence:
  • the veterans paraded down the street;
  • They processed into the dining room

Nearby Words:

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