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English

Etymology
From OF. proces "journey", from L. processus (past participle of procedere).

Pronunciation 1
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Noun
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1. A series of events to produce a result, especially as contrasted to product.

#: This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.

1. law The act of serving a defendant with a summons or a writ.
2. biology An outgrowth of tissue.
3. computing A task or program that is or was execute|executing.
4. manufacturing A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.

#*1960, Mack Tyner, Process Engineering Calculations: Material and Energy Balances - Ordinarily a process plant will use a steam boiler to supply its process heat requirements and to drive a steam-turbine generator.
#*1987, J. R. Richards, Principles of control system design in Modelling and control of fermentation processes - The words plant or process infer generally any dynamic system, be it primarily mechanical, electrical, or chemical process in nature, and may extend also to include social or economic systems.

1. A path of succession of states through which a system passes.

Derived terms
process color, process colour
process hot water
process server
process upset

Translations
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Czech: proces m
Dutch: bewerken, bewerking, ontwikkelingsgang, proces, verloop
French: t+|fr|recette, t+|fr|processus m, t-|fr|procedé, t+|fr|proceder
Galician: t-|gl|proceso|xs=Galician m
German: t+|de|Prozess m
Greek: (1) διε�γα�ία (diadikasia) f, (1,4,5) διαδικα�ία (diadikasia) f, (2) δικα��ική κλή�η (dikastiki klisi) f
Ido: recepto
Italian: t+|it|azione
Japanese: t-|ja|��|scJpan (���, katei), t|ja|����|scJpan (purosesu)
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Kurdish:
:Kurmanji: prose, qonax, pêvajo, doman, derax, demajo, vetîre
:Sorani: t|ku|��کار|trhokAr|scKUchar
Norwegian: t-|no|prosess|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|processo, t+|pt|proceder, t+|pt|procedimento
Swedish: t+|sv|process
Spanish: t-|es|proceso m
Telugu: విధాన� (vidhaanaM)
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Verb
en-verb|process|es

1. transitive To perform a particular process.
2. transitive To treat with a substance
3. transitive computing To use or manipulate data with a software program.

Pronunciation 2
IPA|/pr��s�s/

Verb
en-verb|process|es

1. To walk in a procession.

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1. #English|process

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