process

English Online Dictionary. What means process‎? What does process mean?

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English proces, from Old French procés (“journey”), from Latin prōcessus (“course, progression”), nominalization of prōcēdō (“proceed, advance”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: prōʹsĕs, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.sɛs/
• (General American) enPR: prŏʹsĕs, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑ.sɛs/, /-əs/
• (Canada, rarely US) enPR: prōʹsĕs, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊ.sɛs/, /-əs/ (noun only, the verb is pronounced as in the US)
• Hyphenation: pro‧cess

Noun

process (plural processes)

2. A series of events leading to a result or product.
3. (manufacturing) The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially 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.
4. A path or succession of states through which a system passes.
5. (biology) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
6. (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
7. (anatomy) An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
9. (computing) An executable task or program.
10. The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• proceed
• procedure

Descendants

• → Japanese: プロセス (purosesu)

Translations

Verb

process (third-person singular simple present processes, present participle processing, simple past and past participle processed)

1. (transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
2. (transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
3. (transitive, figurative) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.

4. (transitive, photography, film) To develop photographic film.
5. (transitive, law) To take legal proceedings against.

Derived terms

• processed
• processor

Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from procession.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) enPR: prə-sĕsʹ, IPA^(key): /pɹəˈsɛs/
• Hyphenation: pro‧cess
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Verb

process (third-person singular simple present processes, present participle processing, simple past and past participle processed)

1. To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context.

Translations

Anagrams

• Cospers, Crespos, corpses, scopers

Latvian

Etymology

From Latin prōcessus (“progression, progress, process”), perfect passive participle of prōcēdō (“I advance, proceed”), from prō- +‎ cēdō (“I go, move, proceed”).

Noun

process m (1st declension)

1. process

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin processus (“progression, progress, process”), perfect passive participle of prōcēdō (“I advance, proceed”), from prō- +‎ cēdō (“I go, move, proceed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prʊˈsɛs/

Noun

process c

1. process
2. (law) litigation, proceedings

Declension

Derived terms

• processa
• häxprocess
• skådeprocess

Related terms

• processuell

References

• process in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• process in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• process in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)