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process¹
- /ˈpɹəʊ.sɛs/ UK
- /ˈpɹɑ.sɛs/ US
- /-əs/ US
- /ˈpɹoʊ.sɛs/ Canada, US, rare
- /-əs/ Canada, US, rare
- /ˈpɹəʉˌses/ Australia
- [ˈpɹɐʉˌses] Australia
- /ˈpɹɐʉˌses/ New Zealand
Where it comes from
From Middle English proces, from Old French procés (“journey”), from Latin prōcessus (“course, progression”), nominalization of prōcēdō (“proceed, advance”).
noun processes
- 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.
- The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries. 1960, Mack Tyner, Process Engineering Calculations: Material and Energy Balances – Ordinarily a process plant will use a steam boiler to supply its process heat requirements and to drive a steam-turbine generator.
- A path or succession of states through which a system passes. We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.
- Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
- Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ. But if either at Calling by the Clerk, after the Session Bell, or before the Ordinary by the Roll, an Advocat compears, and craves to be Marked for the Defender, and to see the Process; The Clerk in the first Case, and the Judge in the second, will allow him to see it
- An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
- An executable task or program.
- The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
verb processes · processing · processed
- To perform a particular process on a thing. Processing the harvested cocoons begins with grading and then boiling them in soapy water to soften the sericin that binds the fibers together.
- 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.
- 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.
- To develop photographic film.
- To take legal proceedings against. When I saw that he would not let me alone, I processed him for £12. My mother was with his brother John, and he allowed her six guineas for clothes; and if she did not want the money, he would allow it to me in the rent, and I made him pay that when he would not leave me alone.
process²
- /pɹəˈsɛs/ Canada, US, UK
- /pɹəˈses/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɛs
Where it comes from
Back-formation from procession.
verb processes · processing · processed
- To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context. Prayers completed and Psalms ending, patriarch, emperor, and their sumptuously clad entourages move past the open, silver-clad wings of the Imperial Door and process into the crowded nave and continue to the sanctuary at the east.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: procedure, operation, work on, work, summons, treat, swear out, sue, litigate, march, act, appendage, serve, outgrowth, cognitive operation, cognitive process
Translations
Every language
noun series of events to produce a result
| Español | proceso |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 프로세스 peuroseseu, 과정 gwajeong |
| 日本語 | 過程 katei, 工程 kōtei |
| 中文 | 過程 /过程 guòchéng |
| हिन्दी | प्रक्रिया prakriyā |
| Português | processo |
| Français | procès, processus |
| Deutsch | Prozess, Verlauf |
| Italiano | processo, procedimento, procedura |
| Ελληνικά | διαδικασία diadikasía |
| Română | proces |
| Русский | проце́сс procéss |
| Tiếng Việt | qui trình, quá trình |
| العربية | عَمَلِيَّة ʕamaliyya |
| עברית | תַּהֲלִיךְ tahalíkh |
noun (manufacturing) The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product
| 中文 | 工藝 /工艺 gōngyì |
|---|
noun path of succession of states through which a system passes
| Español | proceso |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | プロセス purosesu |
| 中文 | 過程 /过程 guòchéng |
| हिन्दी | प्रगति pragti, विकास vikās |
| Português | processo, procedimento |
| Français | processus |
| Italiano | processo, procedimento |
| Ελληνικά | διεργασία diergasía |
| Русский | проце́сс procéss, ход xod, разви́тие razvítije |
| العربية | عِلْمِيَّة ʕilmiyya, مُعَالَجَة muʕālaja |
noun successive physiological responses to keep or restore health
| Español | proceso, apéndice |
|---|---|
| Português | processo |
| Français | processus |
| Italiano | processo |
noun (computing) an executable task or program
| 中文 | 進程 /进程 jìnchéng |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | प्रक्रिया prakriyā |
| Português | processo |
| Italiano | processo |
| Ελληνικά | διεργασία diergasía |
| العربية | عَمَلِيَّة ʕamaliyya |
verb to perform a particular process
| Español | procesar, tratar |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | प्रक्रिया prakriyā |
| Português | processar, tratar |
| Français | traiter |
| Deutsch | verarbeiten |
| Italiano | elaborare, trattare |
| Ελληνικά | επεξεργάζομαι epexergázomai |
| Русский | обраба́тывать obrabátyvatʹ, обрабо́тать obrabótatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tiến trình, tiến hành |
| العربية | جَهَّزَ jahhaza |
| עברית | עיבד ibéd |
verb to think information over, and assimilate it
| Español | procesar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 会得する etoku suru |
| Português | digerir, ruminar |
| Français | digérer |
| Deutsch | verdauen |
| Italiano | realizzare |
| Ελληνικά | επεξεργάζομαι epexergázomai |
verb to walk in a procession
| Italiano | processionare |
|---|---|
| Русский | просле́довать в проце́ссии proslédovatʹ v procéssii |
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@misc{process_2026,
title = {process},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/process},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
