processes
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Is processes a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. a particular course of action intended to achieve a resultExamples: "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"Synonyms: procedure, process
2. (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contentsExamples: "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering"Synonyms: cognitive operation, cognitive process, mental process, operation, process
3. 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 defendantSynonyms: process, summons
4. a mental process that you are not directly aware ofExamples: "the process of denial"Synonyms: process, unconscious process
5. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plantExamples: "a bony process"Synonyms: appendage, outgrowth, process
6. a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of statesExamples: "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"Synonyms: physical process, process
verb (English)
1. subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a conditionExamples: "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"Synonyms: process, treat
2. deal with in a routine wayExamples: "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants"Synonyms: process
3. perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required informationExamples: "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech"Synonyms: process
4. institute legal proceedings against; file a suit againstExamples: "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"Synonyms: action, litigate, process, sue
5. march in a processionExamples: "They processed into the dining room"Synonyms: march, process
6. shape, form, or improve a materialExamples: "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"Synonyms: process, work, work on
Definition source: Wiktionary