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English to English noun
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a particular course of action intended to achieve a result |  | Example: the procedure of obtaining a driver's license
it was a process of trial and error
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(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents | | Example: the process of thinking
the cognitive operation of remembering
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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a mental process that you are not directly aware of | | Example: the process of denial
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a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant | | Example: a bony process
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a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | | Example: events now in process
the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls
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The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance. | | source: webster1913 verb
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subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition | | Example: 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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deal with in a routine way | | Example: I'll handle that one
process a loan
process the applicants
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perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information | | Example: The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech
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institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | | Example: He was warned that the district attorney would process him
She actioned the company for discrimination
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march in a procession | | Example: They processed into the dining room
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shape, form, or improve a material | | Example: work stone into tools
process iron
work the metal
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deliver a warrant or summons to someone | | Example: He was processed by the sheriff
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