process
pro ses
- n a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
it was a process of trial and error - n (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
the process of thinking - n 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
- n a mental process that you are not directly aware of
the process of denial - n a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
a bony process - n 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 - v subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
process cheese
process hair - v deal with in a routine way
process a loan
process the applicants - v 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 - v institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
He was warned that the district attorney would process him - v march in a procession
They processed into the dining room - v shape, form, or improve a material
process iron - v deliver a warrant or summons to someone
He was processed by the sheriff
- Reading and resources about the process in which a president-elect puts together an administration.
- I am beginning to see what he means by process.
- Undiplomatic Dispatch: Even if the cease-fire holds and that looks increasingly doubtful it's hard to see how the Oslo Peace process will survive.