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   process

   /ˈprəʊsɛs/

   noun

   • 1. a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end: "military operations could jeopardize the peace process" Similar procedureoperationactionactivityexerciseaffairbusinessjobtaskundertakingproceeding
   • ▪ a natural series of changes: "the ageing process"
   • ▪ a systematic series of mechanized or chemical operations that are performed in order to produce something: "the manufacturing process is relatively simple" Similar methodproceduresystemtechniquemeanspracticewayapproach
   • ▪ an instance of a program being executed in a multitasking operating system, typically running in an environment that protects it from other processes.
   • ▪ relating to or denoting printing using ink in three colours (cyan, magenta, and yellow) and black to produce a complete range of colour: "process inks"
   • 2. a summons or writ requiring a person to appear in court. Similar summonswritsubpoenacitation
   • 3. a natural appendage or outgrowth on or in an organism, such as a protuberance on a bone.

   verb

   • 1. perform a series of mechanical or chemical operations on (something) in order to change or preserve it: "the salmon is quickly processed after harvest to preserve the flavour"
   • ▪ deal with (someone or something) using an official procedure: "the immigration authorities who processed him"
   • ▪ operate on (data) by means of a program.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French proces, from Latin processus ‘progression, course’, from the verb procedere (see proceed). Current senses of the verb date from the late 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. processable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   A process is a series of progressive and interdependent steps by which an end is attained: a chemical process. Procedure usually implies a formal or set order of doing a thing, a method of conducting affairs: parliamentary procedure.

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   A process is a procedure, something you do in order to achieve a certain result. Some people try to carefully follow all the steps in a process. Other people just wing it.

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   process. [often passive] to treat raw material, food, etc. in order to change it, preserve it, etc. (be) processed Most of the food we buy is processed in some way. Soy bean oil is found in hundreds of processed foods. Many of these foods are made from highly processed ingredients.