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process
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noun (n)
- a particular course of action intended to achieve a result(noun.act)Example:
It was a process of trial and error.
source: wordnet30 - (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents(noun.cognition)Example:
The process of thinking.
source: wordnet30 - 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(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- a mental process that you are not directly aware of(noun.cognition)Example:
The process of denial.
source: wordnet30 - a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states(noun.tops)Example:
Events now in process.
The process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls.
source: wordnet30 - The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition(verb.change)Example:
Process cheese.
Process hair.
source: wordnet30 - deal with in a routine way(verb.social)Example:
Process a loan.
Process the applicants.
source: wordnet30 - perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information(verb.cognition)Example:
The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech.
source: wordnet30