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WIKTIONARY
process
Noun
  • A series of events which produce a result, especially as contrasted to product.
  • Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ. law
  • An outgrowth of tissue or cell. biology
  • A structure that arises above a surface. anatomy
  • A task or program that is or was executing. computing
  • A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries. manufacturing
  • A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
  • Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health. anatomy
Verb
  • To perform a particular process. transitive
  • To think an information over, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it as valid. transitive
  • To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
Verb
  • To walk in a procession. chiefly Britain