1. process - noun
· a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"
Synonym(s): procedure
Hypernym(s): activity
2. process - noun
· (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering"
Synonym(s): cognitive_process, mental_process, operation, cognitive_operation
Hypernym(s): cognition, knowledge, noesis
3. process - noun
· 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
Synonym(s): summons
Hypernym(s): writ, judicial_writ
4. process - noun
· a mental process that you are not directly aware of; "the process of denial"
Synonym(s): unconscious_process
Hypernym(s): cognition, knowledge, noesis
5. process - noun
· a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"
Synonym(s): outgrowth, appendage
Hypernym(s): body_part
6. process - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): physical_process
Hypernym(s): physical_entity
7. process - verb
· subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill"
Synonym(s): treat
Hypernym(s): affect, impact, bear_upon, bear_on, touch_on, touch
8. process - verb
· deal with in a routine way; "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants"
Hypernym(s): manage, deal, care, handle
9. process - verb
· 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"
Hypernym(s): calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work_out, reckon, figure
10. process - verb
· institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
Synonym(s): action, sue, litigate
Hypernym(s): challenge
11. process - verb
· march in a procession; "They processed into the dining room"
Synonym(s): march
Hypernym(s): walk
12. process - verb
· shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"
Hypernym(s): transform, transmute, transubstantiate
13. process - verb
· deliver a warrant or summons to someone; "He was processed by the sheriff"
Hypernym(s): deliver
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