[
US
/ˈpɹɑˌsɛs, ˈpɹɔˌsɛs/
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VERB
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shape, form, or improve a material
process iron
work stone into tools
work the metal -
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 -
march in a procession
They processed into the dining room -
deal with in a routine way
process the applicants
I'll handle that one
process a loan -
subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
treat the lawn with chemicals
treat the water so it can be drunk
treat an oil spill
process cheese
process hair -
deliver a warrant or summons to someone
He was processed by the sheriff -
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
He was warned that the district attorney would process him
She actioned the company for discrimination
NOUN
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a mental process that you are not directly aware of
the process of denial -
a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
it was a process of trial and error
the procedure of obtaining a driver's license -
a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls
events now in process - 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
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(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
the process of thinking
the cognitive operation of remembering -
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
a bony process
How To Use process In A Sentence
- Our interneuronal connections in our brain, for example, process information at chemical signaling speeds of a few hundred feet per second, compared to a billion feet per second for electronics - electronics is a million times faster.
- We then repeat this fractionation process on these 10 compounds, rescreen them and find the active one, and then identify what that compound is. Odette Yustman in GQ Magazine
- He comes from nowhere to win this contest and immediately is able to grasp a lot of the intricacies of the moviemaking process.
- Using the same microchips we use in personal computers and phones has made the process a whole lot easier. Times, Sunday Times
- The lower opening is formed by the twelfth thoracic vertebra behind, by the eleventh and twelfth ribs at the sides, and in front by the cartilages of the tenth, ninth, eighth, and seventh ribs, which ascend on either side and form an angle, the subcostal angle, into the apex of which the xiphoid process projects. II. Osteology. 4. The Thorax
- Homeobox genes encode transcription factors involved in many aspects of developmental processes.
- This approach can also help identify where non-value-added steps exist in the care delivery process and where bottlenecks occur.
- This would include both goods that are transshipped without modification and goods that are exported after value-added processing. Ian Fletcher: Why a Flat Tariff on All U.S. Imports Would Work
- Modern processors have a special hardware facility, the Performance Monitor Unit (PMU), to collect the events related with the operations in the processor.
- With the Shared Model architecture, changes made in one process element are (depending on access privileges) immediately visible and accessible to other process elements.
