English noun: process |
1. | process (act) a particular course of action intended to achieve a result |
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| Samples | The procedure of obtaining a driver's license. It was a process of trial and error.
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| Synonyms | procedure |
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| Broader (hypernym) | activity |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Bertillon system, calculation, chromosome mapping, computation, computing, condition, diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique, emergency procedure, experimental condition, experimental procedure, fingerprinting, formula, genetic fingerprinting, genetic profiling, indirection, mapping, medical procedure, modus operandi, operating procedure, rigamarole, rigmarole, routine, rule, stiffening |
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2. | process (cognition) (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents |
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| Samples | The process of thinking. The cognitive operation of remembering.
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| Synonyms | cognitive operation, cognitive process, mental process, operation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cognition, knowledge, noesis |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | basic cognitive process, higher cognitive process |
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| Domain category | psychological science, psychology |
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3. | process (communication) 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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| Synonyms | summons |
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| Broader (hypernym) | judicial writ, writ |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | citation, monition, process of monition, ticket |
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| Domain category | jurisprudence, law |
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4. | process (cognition) a mental process that you are not directly aware of |
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| Samples | The process of denial.
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| Synonyms | unconscious process |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cognition, knowledge, noesis |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | condensation, defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction, sleep talking, somniloquism, somniloquy |
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5. | process (body) a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
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| Samples | A bony process.
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| Synonyms | appendage, outgrowth |
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| Broader (hypernym) | body part |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | acromial process, acromion, acrosome, aculea, ala, alveolar arch, alveolar process, alveolar ridge, apophysis, appendix, arista, caruncle, caruncula, cecal appendage, cirrus, condyle, coronoid process, crest, eminence, enation, epicondyle, excrescence, fetlock, fimbria, flagellum, gum ridge, hair, horn, horn, mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidal, metaphysis, odontoid process, olecranon, olecranon process, osteophyte, papilla, papilla, papilla, plant process, processus coronoideus, pseudopod, pseudopodium, pterygoid process, ridge, spicule, spiculum, spine, style, styloid process, tail, tentacle, transverse process, trochanter, tubercle, tuberosity, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, villus, zygomatic process |
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6. | process a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states |
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| Samples | Events now in process. The process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls.
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| Synonyms | physical process |
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| Broader (hypernym) | physical entity |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | action, activity, biological process, chelation, dealignment, decrease, decrement, defining, degeneration, development, devolution, economic process, encapsulation, evolution, execution, functioning, growth, human process, increase, increment, industrial process, instruction execution, irreversible process, iteration, iteration, loop, looping, natural action, natural process, operation, organic process, performance, phenomenon, photography, processing, reversible process, sensitisation, sensitization, shaping, variation |
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English verb: process |
1. | process (change) subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition |
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| Samples | 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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| Synonyms | treat |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | aerate, Agenise, Agenize, air-condition, ammoniate, beneficiate, bituminise, bituminize, bromate, brominate, camphorate, carbonate, carboxylate, chlorinate, chrome, creosote, curry, digest, dose, fluoridate, fluoridise, fluoridize, fume, fumigate, iodise, iodize, irradiate, malt, mercerise, mercerize, nitrate, nitrify, nitrogenise, nitrogenize, oxygenate, oxygenise, oxygenize, propagate, ray, refine, reverberate, run, scald, seed, sulfur, sulphur, tank, vulcanise, vulcanize |
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2. | process (social) deal with in a routine way |
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| Samples | I'll handle that one. Process a loan. Process the applicants.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | care, deal, handle, manage |
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3. | process (cognition) perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information |
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| Samples | The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out |
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4. | process (social) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against |
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| Samples | He was warned that the district attorney would process him. She actioned the company for discrimination.
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| Synonyms | action, litigate, sue |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Broader (hypernym) | challenge |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | expedite |
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| Verb group | litigate |
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5. | process (motion) march in a procession |
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| Samples | They processed into the dining room.
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| Examples | The children process to the playground |
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| Synonyms | march |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP |
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| Broader (hypernym) | walk |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | countermarch, debouch, file, goose step, march out, parade, promenade, troop |
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6. | process (creation) shape, form, or improve a material |
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| Samples | Work stone into tools. Process iron. Work the metal.
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| Synonyms | work, work on |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | transform, transmute, transubstantiate |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cold work, coldwork, hot-work, make over, overwork, rack, retread, rework, till, tool |
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| Verb group | forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work |
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7. | process (contact) deliver a warrant or summons to someone |
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| Samples | He was processed by the sheriff.
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| Synonyms | serve, swear out |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody with something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | deliver |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | rinse, subpoena, wash |
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