process

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Synonyms: prowess, profess, processs, precess, proceso, provess

Antonyms: prowess, profess, processs, precess, proceso, provess

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Noun

1. A series of events leading to a result or product.
   • This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.
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.
   • We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions.
3. To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
   • I didn't know she had a criminal record. That will take me a while to process.
4. To develop photographic film.
5. To take legal proceedings against.

Verb

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

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