process Definition

process
noun processes

1. A series of operations performed during manufacture, etc.
2. A series of stages which a product, etc passes through, resulting in the development or transformation of it.
3. An operation or procedure.

Example: a slow process
Thesaurus: procedure, transaction, method, course, evolution, manner, operation, progression, step, formation, development, advance, performance, practice, measure.
4. anatomy.
A projection or outgrowth, especially one on a bone.
Example: the mastoid process
5. law.
A writ by which a person or matter is brought into court.
6. Any series of changes, especially natural ones

Example: the aging process

verb processes, processed, processing

1. To put something through the required process; to deal with (eg an application) appropriately.

Thesaurus: deal with, treat, handle, refine, prepare, convert, alter, transform, dispose of.
2. To prepare (agricultural produce) for marketing, eg by canning, bottling or treating it chemically.
3. computing.
To perform operations on (data, etc).
4. law.
To instigate legal proceedings against someone.

Idiom: in the process of something

In the course of it.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin processus progression, from procedere to proceed.