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process > 13 senses
NOUN	1	process, procedure	A particular course of action intended to achieve a result
	2	process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation	(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity
	3	process, summons	A writ issued by authority of law
	4	process, unconscious process	A mental process that you are not directly aware of
	5	process, outgrowth, appendage	A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
	6	process, physical process	A sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
VERB	1	process	Deal with in a routine way
	2	process, treat	Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
	3	process	Perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information
	4	process, action, sue, litigate	Institute legal proceedings against
	5	process, work, work on	Shape, form, or improve a material
	6	process, serve, swear out	Deliver a warrant or summons to someone
	7	process, march	March in a procession

process > pronunciation
Sounds	praa'seh.s; prao'seh.s
Rhymes	ABS, abscess, access, and 73 more rhymes in ehs...

process > noun 1, act
Meaning	A particular course of action intended to achieve a result.
Examples	"it was a process of trial and error"
Synonyms	procedure
Broader	activity
Narrower	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
Verbs	process; process

process > noun 2, cognition
Meaning	(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity. An operation that affects mental contents.
Examples	"the process of thinking"
Synonyms	cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
Category	psychology, psychological science
Broader	cognition, knowledge, noesis
Narrower	basic cognitive process; higher cognitive process

process > noun 3, communication
Meaning	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.
Synonyms	summons
Category	law, jurisprudence
Broader	writ, judicial writ
Narrower	citation; monition, process of monition; ticket
Verbs	process; process

process > noun 4, cognition
Meaning	A mental process that you are not directly aware of.
Examples	"the process of denial"
Synonyms	unconscious process
Broader	cognition, knowledge, noesis
Narrower	sleep talking, somniloquy, somniloquism; condensation; defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence

process > noun 5, body
Meaning	A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant.
Examples	"a bony process"
Synonyms	outgrowth, appendage
Broader	body part
Narrower	horn; 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; 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; papilla; plant process, enation

process > noun 6, Tops
Meaning	A sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states.
Examples	"events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
Synonyms	physical process
Broader	physical entity
Narrower	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; iteration, loop; natural process, natural action, action, activity; operation, functioning, performance; organic process, biological process; photography; processing; reversible process; sensitization, sensitisation; shaping, defining; variation

process > verb 1, social
Meaning	Deal with in a routine way.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"process a loan"; "process the applicants"
Broader	manage, deal, care, handle
Nouns	process; processing

process > verb 2, change
Meaning	Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"process cheese"; "process hair"
Synonyms	treat
Broader	affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
Narrower	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
Nouns	processor; processing; processor

process > verb 3, cognition
Meaning	Perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech"
Broader	calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
Nouns	processor

process > verb 4, social
Meaning	Institute legal proceedings against. File a suit against.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Examples	"He was warned that the district attorney would process him"
Synonyms	action, sue, litigate
Similar to	litigate
Broader	challenge
Narrower	expedite
Nouns	process

process > verb 5, creation
Meaning	Shape, form, or improve a material.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"process iron"
Synonyms	work, work on
Similar to	shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
Broader	transform, transmute, transubstantiate
Narrower	hot-work; coldwork, cold work; overwork; rework, make over, retread; rack; tool; till
Nouns	process

process > verb 6, contact
Meaning	Deliver a warrant or summons to someone.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody with something
Examples	"He was processed by the sheriff"
Synonyms	serve, swear out
Broader	deliver
Narrower	subpoena; wash, rinse
Nouns	process

process > verb 7, motion
Meaning	March in a procession.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Model	The children process to the playground
Examples	"They processed into the dining room"
Synonyms	march
Broader	walk
Narrower	file; parade, troop, promenade; goose step; countermarch; debouch, march out

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