process
pronunciation
How to pronounce process in British English:
UK [ˈprəʊses , prəˈses]
How to pronounce process in American English:
US [ˈprɑːses , prəˈses]
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- Noun:
- a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
- a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- 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
- a mental process that you are not directly aware of
- a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
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- Verb:
- deal with in a routine way
- subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
- perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- shape, form, or improve a material
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- march in a procession
Word Origin
- process
- process: [14] Latin prōcēdere meant ‘go forward’: it was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō- ‘forward’ and cēdere ‘go’ (source of English cede, concede, etc), and has given English proceed [14] and procedure [17]. Its past participle prōcessus was used as a noun meaning ‘advance, progress, lapse of time’. This passed via Old French proces into English, where the notion of something ‘advancing during a period of time’ led in the 17th century to the word’s main modern sense ‘set of operations for doing something’. Procession [12] comes from the Latin derivative prōcessiō.=> accede, cede, concede, exceed, precede, proceed, procession
- process (v.1)
- 1530s, "begin legal action against," from Middle French processer "to prosecute," from proces (see process (n.)). Meaning "prepare by special process" is from 1881, from the noun in English. Of persons, "to register and examine," by 1935. Related: Processed; processing.
- process (n.)
- early 14c., "fact of being carried on" (as in in process), from Old French proces "a journey; continuation, development; legal trial" (13c.) and directly from Latin processus "a going forward, advance, progress," from past participle stem of procedere "go forward" (see proceed). Meaning "course or method of action" is from mid-14c.; sense of "continuous series of actions meant to accomplish some result" (the main modern sense) is from 1620s. Legal sense of "course of action of a suit at law" is attested from early 14c.
- process (v.2)
- "to go in procession," 1814, "A colloquial or humorous back-formation" from procession [OED]. Accent on second syllable.
Example
- 1. Have faith in the process .
- 2. But the process is rough .
- 3. I enjoyed the process actually .
- 4. Outsiders can help the process along .
- 5. Learning is a continuous process .