Process meaning
To straighten (hair) by a chemical process; conk.
verb
A series of operations performed in the making or treatment of a product.
A manufacturing process; leather dyed during the tanning process.
noun
Progress; passage.
The process of time; events now in process.
noun
A series of actions, changes, or functions bringing about a result.
The process of digestion; the process of obtaining a driver's license.
noun
Any of various photomechanical or photoengraving methods.
noun
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A part of a running software program or other computing operation that does a single task.
noun
To put through the steps of a prescribed procedure.
Processing newly arrived immigrants; process an order.
verb
To perform operations on (data).
verb
Prepared or converted by a special process.
Process cheese.
adjective
A man's hairstyle in which the hair is straightened by applying a chemical preparation and styled.
noun
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A running software program or other computing operation.
noun
A means of compelling a person to appear in court, especially a summons ordering a defendant to appear in court.
noun
An outgrowth of tissue; a projecting part.
A bony process.
noun
To prepare, treat, or convert by subjecting to a special process.
Process ore to obtain minerals.
verb
Made by or used in any of several photomechanical or photoengraving processes.
A process print.
adjective
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To move along in a procession.
verb
The course of being done: chiefly in in process.
noun
Course (of time, etc.)
noun
A particular method of doing something, generally involving a number of steps or operations.
noun
A projection or outgrowth from a larger structure, usually a bone.
The alveolar process of the jaw.
noun
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An appendage or projecting part of an organism.
noun
An action or suit.
noun
The total of such writs in any action or proceeding.
noun
To prepare by or subject to a special process or method.
verb
To straighten and style (hair) by the use of a chemical preparation.
verb
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To prosecute.
verb
To serve a process on.
verb
Prepared by a special treatment or process.
adjective
Of, made by, used in, or using photomechanical or photoengraving methods.
adjective
To go in a procession.
verb
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Advance or progress, as of a disease.
noun
An outgrowth of tissue; a projecting part, as of a bone.
noun
(1) To manipulate data in the computer. The computer is said to be processing no matter what action it is taking upon the data; whether the data are actually being updated in a database or just being displayed on screen.In order to evaluate a computer system's performance, the time it takes to process data internally is often analyzed separately from the time it takes to get it in and out of the computer. The I/O (input/output) is usually more time consuming than the processing. For an explanation of how the computer processes data, see "Processing" under the term computer. See also process technology.
A summons in writing to compel the appearance or response of a person before a court; the proceedings in a civil or a criminal case; the procedure by which a disobedient or recalcitrant defendant is made to plead.
noun
Patent law, the method used to produce a thing or result.
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Improper use of process after it has been issued; the wrong is not in the obtaining of process, but in the manner in which it is used.
(biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
noun
(anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
noun
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A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
noun
To perform a particular process.
We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions.
verb
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To think an information over, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it as valid.
verb
The definition of a process is the actions happening while something is happening or being done.
An example of process is the steps taken by someone to clean a kitchen.
An example of process is a collection of action items to be decided on by government committees.
noun
The use of the law courts and other fora as a means of seeking redress.
The adversarial process; due process of law.
noun
The set of actions and events that constitute a legal proceeding or a significant portion thereof.
The trial process; the sentencing process.
noun
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To gain an understanding or acceptance of; come to terms with.
Processed the traumatic event in therapy.
verb
A continuing development involving many changes.
The process of digestion.
noun
A writ or summons directing a defendant to appear in court or enforcing compliance with a court's orders.
noun
Origin of process
Middle English proces from Old French development from Latin prōcessus from past participle of prōcēdere to advance proceed