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process

/ˈpɹoʊsɛs/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A series of events which produce a result (the product).
  2. A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.
  3. A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
  4. Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
  5. Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
  6. An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
  7. To perform a particular process on a thing.
  8. To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
  9. To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
  10. To develop photographic film.
  11. To take legal proceedings against.
  12. To walk in a procession

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data