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process

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.sɛs/

The English word “process” has 14 meanings listed here.

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.
  6. To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context.

Etymology

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

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