| process | |
| 1. n. A series of events which produce a result (the product). | |
| This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed. | |
| 2. n. (manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries. | |
| 3. n. A path of succession of states through which a system passes. | |
| 4. n. (anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health. | |
| 5. n. (legal) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ. | |
| 6. n. (biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell. | |
| 7. n. (anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface. | |
| 8. n. (computing) An executable task or program. | |
| 9. n. The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails. | |
| 10. v. to perform a particular process on a thing | |
| 11. v. to retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques. | |
| We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions. | |
| 12. v. to think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state. | |
| I didn't know she had a criminal record. That will take me a while to process. | |
| 13. v. (mostly, British) To walk in a procession. | |
