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process

  • noun
  • pro·cess
  • prōʹsĕs

A series of events leading to a result or product.

Example

“This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.”

Other meanings

  1. The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.

  2. A path or succession of states through which a system passes.

Synonyms

  • procedure

Example sentences

  • “Information comes faster than people can process it.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “Will the court process the case fairly?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “The evaporation process creates a drop in temperature of several degrees.”

    Tatoeba · Cangarejo · CC0

Word history

From Latin "prōcessus" (course, progression).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “process” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.