process
1. a particular course of action intended to achieve a result (Freq. 63)
- the procedure of obtaining a driver's license
- it was a process of trial and error
• Syn:
procedure
• Derivationally related forms:
procedural (for: procedure), proceed (for: procedure)
• Hypernyms:
activity
• Hyponyms:
Bertillon system, fingerprinting, genetic profiling, genetic fingerprinting, diagnostic procedure,
diagnostic technique, emergency procedure, experimental procedure, calculation, computation, computing,
medical procedure, mapping, chromosome mapping, operating procedure, stiffening, indirection,
rigmarole, rigamarole, routine, modus operandi, condition, experimental condition,
rule, formula
2. (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity;
an operation that affects mental contents (Freq. 3)
- the process of thinking
- the cognitive operation of remembering
• Syn:
cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
• Derivationally related forms:
operate (for: operation)
• Topics:
psychology, psychological science
• Hypernyms:
cognition, knowledge, noesis
• Hyponyms:
basic cognitive process, higher cognitive process
3. 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
• Syn:
summons
• Derivationally related forms:
summons (for: summons)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
writ, judicial writ
• Hyponyms:
citation, monition, process of monition, ticket
4. a mental process that you are not directly aware of
- the process of denial
• Syn:
unconscious process
• Hypernyms:
cognition, knowledge, noesis
• Hyponyms:
sleep talking, somniloquy, somniloquism, condensation, defense mechanism,
defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
5. a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
- events now in process
- the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls
• Syn:
physical process
• Hypernyms:
physical entity
• Hyponyms:
phenomenon, chelation, dealignment, decrease, decrement,
degeneration, devolution, development, evolution, economic process, encapsulation,
execution, instruction execution, human process, increase, increment, growth,
industrial process, irreversible process, iteration, looping, loop, natural process,
natural action, action, activity, operation, functioning, performance,
organic process, biological process, photography, processing, reversible process, sensitization,
sensitisation, shaping, defining, variation
6. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
- a bony process
• Syn:
outgrowth, appendage
• Hypernyms:
body part
• Hyponyms:
horn, crest, pseudopod, pseudopodium, flagellum,
hair, cirrus, spine, aculea, style, villus,
tail, fetlock, tentacle, arista, acromion, acromial process,
ala, alveolar arch, alveolar ridge, gum ridge, alveolar process, acrosome,
caruncle, caruncula, condyle, coronoid process, processus coronoideus, epicondyle,
fimbria, apophysis, spicule, spiculum, osteophyte, papilla,
appendix, vermiform appendix, vermiform process, cecal appendage, mastoid, mastoid process,
mastoid bone, mastoidal, styloid process, pterygoid process, tuberosity, tubercle,
eminence, zygomatic process, trochanter, transverse process, odontoid process, metaphysis,
olecranon, olecranon process, ridge, excrescence, plant process, enation
1. subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition (Freq. 2)
- process cheese
- process hair
- treat the water so it can be drunk
- "treat the lawn with chemicals"
- treat an oil spill
• Syn:
treat
• Derivationally related forms:
treatment (for: treat), processor, processing
• Hypernyms:
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
• Hyponyms:
propagate, iodize, iodise, nitrate, tank,
oxygenate, oxygenize, oxygenise, aerate, mercerize, mercerise,
malt, fluoridate, fluoridize, fluoridise, creosote, chlorinate,
carbonate, camphorate, bromate, brominate, ammoniate, irradiate,
ray, scald, refine, nitrify, nitrogenize, nitrogenise,
reverberate, curry, seed, dose, sulphur, sulfur,
vulcanize, vulcanise, chrome, bituminize, bituminise, Agenize,
Agenise, run, carboxylate, beneficiate, digest, fumigate,
fume, air-condition
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. deal with in a routine way (Freq. 1)
- I'll handle that one
- process a loan
- process the applicants
• Derivationally related forms:
processing
• Hypernyms:
manage, deal, care, handle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information (Freq. 1)
- The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech
• Derivationally related forms:
processor
• Hypernyms:
calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out,
reckon, figure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. institute legal proceedings against;
file a suit against
- He was warned that the district attorney would process him
- She actioned the company for discrimination
• Syn:
action, sue, litigate
• Derivationally related forms:
litigation (for: litigate), suit (for: sue), suer (for: sue), actionable (for: action), action (for: action)
• Hypernyms:
challenge
• Hyponyms:
expedite
• Verb Group:
litigate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s (for: sue)
5. march in a procession
- They processed into the dining room
• Syn:
march
• Derivationally related forms:
march (for: march), marching (for: march)
• Hypernyms:
walk
• Hyponyms:
file, parade, troop, promenade, goose step,
countermarch, debouch, march out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- The children process to the playground
6. shape, form, or improve a material
- work stone into tools
- process iron
- work the metal
• Syn:
work, work on
• Derivationally related forms:
workable (for: work)
• Hypernyms:
transform, transmute, transubstantiate
• Hyponyms:
hot-work, coldwork, cold work, overwork, rework,
make over, retread, rack, tool, till
• Verb Group:
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- He was processed by the sheriff
• Syn:
serve, swear out
• Hypernyms:
deliver
• Hyponyms:
subpoena, wash, rinse
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
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