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processes

proc·ess
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pros-es; especially British proh-ses]
    • /ˈprɒs ɛs; especially British ˈproʊ sɛs/
    • /ˈprəʊ.ses/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pros-es; especially British proh-ses]
    • /ˈprɒs ɛs; especially British ˈproʊ sɛs/

Definitions of processes word

  • noun plural processes a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk. 1
  • noun plural processes a continuous action, operation, or series of changes taking place in a definite manner: the process of decay. 1
  • noun plural processes Law. the summons, mandate, or writ by which a defendant or thing is brought before court for litigation. the whole course of the proceedings in an action at law. 1
  • noun plural processes Photography. photomechanical or photoengraving methods collectively. 1
  • noun plural processes Biology, Anatomy. a natural outgrowth, projection, or appendage: a process of a bone. 1
  • noun plural processes the action of going forward or on. 1
See all 22 definitions of processes

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Origin of processes

First appearance:

before 1275
One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English proces (noun) (< Old French) < Latin prōcessus a going forward, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + ced-, variant stem of cēdere to yield (see cede) + -tus suffix of v. action; see cession

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Parts of speech for Processes

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Processes

processes popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for processes

noun processes

  • algorithms — Plural form of algorithm.
  • anabases — any small fish of the genus Anabas, of ponds and swamps in Africa and southeastern Asia.
  • discoveries — The action or process of discovering or being discovered.
  • gams — Guide to Available Mathematical Software
  • godowns — Plural form of godown.

verb processes

  • cobbles — coal in small rounded lumps
  • digests — Plural form of digest.
  • journeys — Plural form of journey.
  • mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
All 23 Synonyms of processes

Top questions with processes

  • which processes carve shoreline features?

Related words

  • psychology

    the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.

  • cognitive

    Cognitive means relating to the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things.

  • epiphenomenalism

    (philosophy, psychology, uncountable) The doctrine that mental states and processes are simply incidental effects of physiological events in the brain or nervous system and cannot themselves cause any effects in the material world.

  • mechanism

    an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.

  • mind

    (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.

  • paleobiochemistry

    the study of biochemical processes that occurred in fossil life forms.
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