process

1. 1.

   a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

   “the procedure of obtaining a driver's license”

   “it was a process of trial and error”

   Synonymsprocedure

   Broaderactivity

   NarrowerBertillon systemfingerprintinggenetic profilingdiagnostic procedureemergency procedureexperimental procedurecalculationmedical proceduremappingoperating procedure
2. 2.

   (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents

   “the process of thinking”

   “the cognitive operation of remembering”

   Synonymscognitive processmental processoperationcognitive operation

   Broadercognition

   Narrowerbasic cognitive processhigher cognitive process

   psychology

3. 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 defendant

   Synonymssummons

   Broaderwrit

   Narrowercitationmonitionticket

   law

4. 4.

   a mental process that you are not directly aware of

   “the process of denial”

   Synonymsunconscious process

   Broadercognition

   Narrowersleep talkingcondensationdefense mechanism
5. 5.

   a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

   “a bony process”

   Synonymsoutgrowthappendage

   Broaderbody part

   Narrowerhorncrestpseudopodflagellumhaircirrusspine
6. 6.

   a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

   “events now in process”

   “the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls”

   Synonymsphysical process

   Broaderphysical entity

   Narrowerphenomenonchelationdealignmentdecreasedegenerationdevelopment

Other forms of process

plural

processes·

past tense

processed·

present participle

processing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about process

What does process mean?

process means "subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition". That is the primary sense; the word has 13 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in process?

process has 2 syllables: pro-cess. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɑˌsɛs/.

What is another word for process?

Close synonyms include treat, action, sue, litigate, march. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is process a common word?

process is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with process?

9 words rhyme with process. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.