process

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 257.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A series of events leading to a result or product.

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

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

Similar words

procedure operation work on work summons treat swear out sue litigate march

Often followed by

of is and in that by for to was

Word family

in process processed processes processing