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- pronunciation:
- pra
ses
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Builder, Word Explorer, Word Parts
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a systematic sequence of actions used to produce something or achieve an end.
Her process of writing a novel begins with getting an idea and sketching it out.An assembly-line process made the mass production of automobiles possible.
- synonyms:
- method, operation, procedure
- similar words:
- machinery, mechanism, plan, practice, routine, scheme, strategy, system
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definition 2: |
a continuous series of changes, functions, or operations.
The process of becoming a responsible adult can take many years.
- synonyms:
- course, procedure
- similar words:
- act, business, change, development, mechanism, metamorphosis, movement, passage, proceeding, progression, system, transformation
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definition 3: |
movement onward or forward; progression.
- synonyms:
- progression
- similar words:
- advance, headway, movement
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definition 4: |
a summons ordering a person to appear in court.
- synonyms:
- summons
- similar words:
- subpoena, writ
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definition 5: |
the entire course of a legal proceeding.
- similar words:
- procedure, proceeding
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related words: |
action, activity, complex, means, patent, path, way, working |
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
processes, processing, processed |
definition 1: |
to handle, treat, or transform according to a systematic procedure.
The new computers processed data at very high speeds.- synonyms:
- handle, systematize, treat
- similar words:
- analyze, classify, deal with, order, organize, sift, transform
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definition 2: |
to treat or manufacture according to a particular procedure.
We saw how they process cheese.- synonyms:
- prepare, treat
- similar words:
- can, convert, cure, dehydrate, distill, dress, dry, extract, freeze, handle, manufacture, preserve, refine, smelt, smoke, transform
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definition 3: |
to serve with a court summons.
- similar words:
- arraign, subpoena, summon
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related words: |
bottle, compile, develop, produce |
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part of speech: |
adjective |
definition: |
treated or modified by artificial means, as food.
- synonyms:
- treated
- similar words:
- altered, modified
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derivations: |
processed (adj.), processor (processer) (n.) |
Word Builder: process +
- processed:
having been handled or changed according to a process.
- processing:
the act of following steps to make or do something.
- processor:
a person or thing that processes something.
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