process
Nouns
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(n) 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
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(n) (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- the process of thinking
- the cognitive operation of remembering
- (n) 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 summons,
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(n) a mental process that you are not directly aware of
- the process of denial
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(n) a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
- a bony process
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(n) 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
Verbs
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(v) 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
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(v) deal with in a routine way
- I'll handle that one
- process a loan
- process the applicants
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(v) 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
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(v) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- He was warned that the district attorney would process him
- She actioned the company for discrimination
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(v) march in a procession
- They processed into the dining room
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(v) shape, form, or improve a material
- work stone into tools
- process iron
- work the metal
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(v) deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- He was processed by the sheriff