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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun process has 6 senses
- process(n = noun.act) procedure - a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error" has particulars: bertillon system, fingerprinting, genetic fingerprinting, genetic profiling, diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique, emergency procedure, experimental procedure, calculation, computation, computing, medical procedure, chromosome mapping, mapping, operating procedure, stiffening, indirection, rigamarole, rigmarole, modus operandi, routine, condition, experimental condition, formula, rule
- process(n = noun.cognition) cognitive operation, cognitive process, mental process, operation - (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering" is a kind of cognition, knowledge, noesis
- process(n = noun.communication) summons - 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; Array is a kind of judicial writ, writ
- process(n = noun.cognition) unconscious process - a mental process that you are not directly aware of; "the process of denial" is a kind of cognition, knowledge, noesis
- process(n = noun.body) appendage, outgrowth - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" has particulars: horn, horn, crest, pseudopod, pseudopodium, flagellum, hair, cirrus, spine, aculea, style, villus, tail, fetlock, tentacle, arista, acromial process, acromion, ala, alveolar arch, alveolar process, alveolar ridge, gum ridge, acrosome, caruncle, caruncula, condyle, coronoid process, processus coronoideus, epicondyle, fimbria, apophysis, spicule, spiculum, osteophyte, papilla, papilla, appendix, cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidal, styloid process, pterygoid process, eminence, tubercle, tuberosity, zygomatic process, trochanter, transverse process, odontoid process, metaphysis, olecranon, olecranon process, ridge, excrescence, papilla, enation, plant process
- process(n = noun.tops) physical 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" is a kind of physical entity
is a kind of activity
Derived forms verb process6, verb process2
has particulars: basic cognitive process, higher cognitive process
has particulars: citation, monition, process of monition, ticket
Derived forms verb process7, verb process4
has particulars: sleep talking, somniloquism, somniloquy, condensation, defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction
is a kind of body part
has particulars: phenomenon, chelation, dealignment, decrease, decrement, degeneration, devolution, development, evolution, economic process, encapsulation, execution, instruction execution, human process, growth, increase, increment, industrial process, irreversible process, iteration, looping, iteration, loop, action, activity, natural action, natural process, functioning, operation, performance, biological process, organic process, photography, processing, reversible process, sensitisation, sensitization, defining, shaping, variation
Verb process has 7 senses
- process(v = verb.change) treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill" is one way to affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on
- process(v = verb.social) Array - deal with in a routine way; "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants" is one way to care, deal, handle, manage
- process(v = verb.cognition) Array - 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" is one way to calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out
- process(v = verb.social) action, litigate, sue - institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination" is one way to challenge
- process(v = verb.motion) march - march in a procession; "They processed into the dining room" is one way to walk
- process(v = verb.creation) work, work on - shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" is one way to transform, transmute, transubstantiate
- process(v = verb.contact) serve, swear out - deliver a warrant or summons to someone; "He was processed by the sheriff" is one way to deliver
Derived forms noun processing1, noun processor1, noun processor2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun process1, noun processing1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun processor3
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun process3
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sample sentence:
The children process to the playground
Derived form noun process1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun process3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
CIDE DICTIONARY
process, n. [F. procès, L. processus. See Proceed.].
- The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance. Milton. [1913 Webster]"The thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns." [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]"Tell her the process of Antonio's end." [1913 Webster]
- A statement of events; a narrative. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
process, n. & v.
--n.
1 a course of action or proceeding, esp. a series of stages in manufacture or some other operation.
2 the progress or course of something (in process of construction).
3 a natural or involuntary operation or series of changes (the process of growing old).
4 an action at law; a summons or writ.
5 Anat., Zool., & Bot. a natural appendage or outgrowth on an organism.
--v.tr.
1 handle or deal with by a particular process.
2 treat (food, esp. to prevent decay) (processed cheese).
3 Computing operate on (data) by means of a program.
--n.
1 a course of action or proceeding, esp. a series of stages in manufacture or some other operation.
2 the progress or course of something (in process of construction).
3 a natural or involuntary operation or series of changes (the process of growing old).
4 an action at law; a summons or writ.
5 Anat., Zool., & Bot. a natural appendage or outgrowth on an organism.
--v.tr.
1 handle or deal with by a particular process.
2 treat (food, esp. to prevent decay) (processed cheese).
3 Computing operate on (data) by means of a program.
Idiom
in process of time as time goes on. process server a sheriff's officer who serves writs.
Derivative
processable adj.
process, v.intr. walk in procession.
Etymology
back-form. f. PROCESSION
THESAURUS
process
Afro, MO, act, activity, algorithm, alter, analog process, answer, approach, arrange, attack, barber, behavior pattern, bench warrant, blow up, blueprint, bob, capias, carve, caveat, change, chisel, clear for action, clear the decks, coif, coiffure, cold wave, conk, convert, course, course of action, cruise, cultivate, cure, deal with, death warrant, deploy, develop, development, digital process, dispose of, dress, enlarge, excrescence, excrescency, extract, fare, fashion, feeling, fieri facias, fix, fix up, form, function, get ready, go, grow, guise, habere facias possessionem, haircut, hairdo, hairstyle, handle, harvest, headdress, hie, home permanent, hunting, injunction, input oscillation, interdict, journey, line, line of action, lines, machine, make arrangements, make preparations, make ready, manage, mandamus, mandate, mandatory injunction, manipulate, manner, manner of working, marshal, means, measure, method, methodology, mill, mine, mittimus, mobilize, mode, mode of operation, mode of procedure, modify, modus, modus operandi, motion, natural, nisi prius, notice, notification, offset, operation, order, organize, oscillatory behavior, overcorrection of error, overshoot, pass, permanent, permanent wave, plan, pompadour, practice, prearrange, precept, prep, prepare, pretreat, print, procedure, proceed, proceeding, procure materials, prohibitory injunction, provide, pump, push on, put in shape, raise, ready, ready up, rear, refine, repair, routine, search warrant, self-excitation, settle preliminaries, shingle, smelt, step, stock, stock up, store, style, system, tack, take care of, tan, technique, the drill, the how, the way of, tone, transform, travel, treat, trim, try out, utilize, warrant, warrant of arrest, warrant of attorney, wave, way, wise, writROGET THESAURUS
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Conduct
N conduct, behavior, deportment, comportment, carriage, maintien, demeanor, guise, bearing, manner, observance, dealing, transaction, business, tactics, game, game plan, policy, polity, generalship, statesmanship, seamanship, strategy, strategics, plan, management, husbandry, housekeeping, housewifery, stewardship, menage, regime, economy, economics, political economy, government, execution, manipulation, treatment, campaign, career, life, course, walk, race, record, course of conduct, line of conduct, line of action, line of proceeding, role, process, ways, practice, procedure, modus operandi, MO, method of operating, method, path, conducting, strategical, businesslike, practical, executive.Convexity
N convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell, intumescence, tumour, tumor, tubercle, tuberosity, excrescence, hump, hunch, bunch, boss, embossment, hub, hubble, tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump, sugar loaf, bow, mamelon, molar, belly, corporation, pot belly, gut, withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange, pimple, zit, wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain, boil, airbubble, blob, papule, verruca, papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla, proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz, peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag, cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves, pilaster, relief, relievo, cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape, promontory, mull, forehead, foreland, point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur, naze, ness, convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting, bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy, clavate, clavated, claviform, hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform, papulous, papilose, hemispheric, bulbous, bowed, arched, bold, bellied, tuberous, tuberculous, tumous, cornute, odontoid, lentiform, lenticular, gibbous, club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose, salient, in relief, raised, repousse, bloated, (expanded).
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