noun · verb · 27 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:prōʹsĕs
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpɹəʊ.sɛs/
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General-American:prŏʹsĕs
General-American:/ˈpɹɑ.sɛs/
General-American:/-əs/
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CMU ARPABET:P R AA1 S EH2 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:P R AO1 S EH2 S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A series of events leading to a result or product.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing
Examples
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A path or succession of states through which a system passes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
An executable task or program.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: summons
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writ, judicial writ
Narrower terms: citation, monition, process of monition, ticket
21
verb
Meaning 21
subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
process cheese
process hair
treat the water so it can be drunk
treat the lawn with chemicals
treat an oil spill
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: treat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
Narrower terms: hot-work, coldwork, cold work, overwork, rework, make over, retread, rack, tool, till
25
verb
Meaning 25
march in a procession
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
They processed into the dining room
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: march
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk
Narrower terms: file, parade, troop, promenade, goose step, countermarch, debouch, march out
26
verb
Meaning 26
deal with in a routine way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
I'll handle that one
process a loan
process the applicants
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: manage, deal, care, handle
27
verb
Meaning 27
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
He was warned that the district attorney would process him
She actioned the company for discrimination
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: action, sue, litigate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: challenge
Narrower terms: expedite
History
Etymology
From Middle English proces, from Old French procés (“journey”), from Latin prōcessus (“course, progression”), nominalization of prōcēdō (“proceed, advance”).
Back-formation from procession.
Across languages
Translations
218 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
proses
— series of events to produce a result
Albanian:
proces
— series of events to produce a result
Arabic:
عَمَلِيَّة
(ʕamaliyya)
— series of events to produce a result
Armenian:
պրոցես
(procʻes)
— series of events to produce a result
Armenian:
գործընթաց
(gorcəntʻacʻ)
— series of events to produce a result
Assamese:
প্ৰক্ৰিয়া
(prokria)
— series of events to produce a result
Azerbaijani:
proses
— series of events to produce a result
Azerbaijani:
hadisə
— series of events to produce a result
Azerbaijani:
sürəc
— series of events to produce a result
Basque:
prozesu
— series of events to produce a result
Belarusian:
працэ́с
(pracés)
— series of events to produce a result
Bengali:
প্রক্রিয়া
(prokriẏa)
— series of events to produce a result
Bulgarian:
проце́с
(procés)
— series of events to produce a result
Burmese:
ဖြစ်စဉ်
(hpraccany)
— series of events to produce a result
Catalan:
procés
— series of events to produce a result
Chinese Cantonese:
過程 /过程
(gwo3 cing4)
— series of events to produce a result
Chinese Mandarin:
過程 /过程
(guòchéng)
— series of events to produce a result
Czech:
proces
— series of events to produce a result
Danish:
proces
— series of events to produce a result
Danish:
forløb
— series of events to produce a result
Dutch:
proces
— series of events to produce a result
Esperanto:
procedo
— series of events to produce a result
Estonian:
protsess
— series of events to produce a result
Finnish:
prosessi
— series of events to produce a result
Finnish:
menetelmä
— series of events to produce a result
Finnish:
menettely
— series of events to produce a result
French:
procès
— series of events to produce a result
French:
processus
— series of events to produce a result
Galician:
proceso
— series of events to produce a result
Georgian:
პროცესი
(ṗrocesi)
— series of events to produce a result
German:
Prozess
— series of events to produce a result
German:
Verlauf
— series of events to produce a result
Greek:
διαδικασία
(diadikasía)
— series of events to produce a result
Hebrew:
תַּהֲלִיךְ
(tahalíkh)
— series of events to produce a result
Hindi:
प्रक्रिया
(prakriyā)
— series of events to produce a result
Hungarian:
folyamat
— series of events to produce a result
Icelandic:
ferli
— series of events to produce a result
Indonesian:
proses
— series of events to produce a result
Irish:
próiseas
— series of events to produce a result
Italian:
processo
— series of events to produce a result
Italian:
procedimento
— series of events to produce a result
Italian:
procedura
— series of events to produce a result
Japanese:
過程
(katei)
— series of events to produce a result
Japanese:
工程
(kōtei)
— series of events to produce a result
Kazakh:
процесс
(prosess)
— series of events to produce a result
Kazakh:
барыс
(barys)
— series of events to produce a result
Khmer:
ទំនង
(tumnɔɔng)
— series of events to produce a result
Korean:
프로세스
(peuroseseu)
— series of events to produce a result
Korean:
과정
(gwajeong)
— series of events to produce a result
Kyrgyz:
процесс
(protsess)
— series of events to produce a result
Lao:
ຂະບວນການ
(kha būan kān)
— series of events to produce a result
Latvian:
process
— series of events to produce a result
Lithuanian:
procesas
— series of events to produce a result
Macedonian:
процес
(proces)
— series of events to produce a result
Malay:
proses
— series of events to produce a result
Māori:
hātepe
— series of events to produce a result
Mongolian:
үйл явц
(üjl javc)
— series of events to produce a result
Mongolian:
процесс
(process)
— series of events to produce a result
Norwegian:
forløp
— series of events to produce a result
Norwegian Bokmål:
prosess
— series of events to produce a result
Norwegian Nynorsk:
prosess
— series of events to produce a result
Occitan:
procès
— series of events to produce a result
Iranian Persian:
فَرْآیَنْد
(far'âyand)
— series of events to produce a result
Iranian Persian:
پْروسِه
(prose)
— series of events to produce a result
Iranian Persian:
رَوَنْد
(ravand)
— series of events to produce a result
Polish:
proces
— series of events to produce a result
Portuguese:
processo
— series of events to produce a result
Romanian:
proces
— series of events to produce a result
Russian:
проце́сс
(procéss)
— series of events to produce a result
Serbo-Croatian:
про̀цес
— series of events to produce a result
Serbo-Croatian:
pròces
— series of events to produce a result
Slovak:
proces
— series of events to produce a result
Slovene:
proces
— series of events to produce a result
Spanish:
proceso
— series of events to produce a result
Swedish:
process
— series of events to produce a result
Swedish:
förlopp
— series of events to produce a result
Tagalog:
proseso
— series of events to produce a result
Tajik:
раванд
(ravand)
— series of events to produce a result
Thai:
กระบวนการ
(grà-buuan-gaan)
— series of events to produce a result
Turkish:
süreç
— series of events to produce a result
Turkish:
proses
— series of events to produce a result
Turkmen:
proses
— series of events to produce a result
Ukrainian:
проце́с
(procés)
— series of events to produce a result
Urdu:
عَمَلِیَت
('amaliyat)
— series of events to produce a result
Urdu:
عَمَل
('amal)
— series of events to produce a result
Urdu:
طَرِیقَہ
(tarīqa)
— series of events to produce a result
Uzbek:
protsess
— series of events to produce a result
Uzbek:
jarayon
— series of events to produce a result
Vietnamese:
qui trình
— series of events to produce a result
Vietnamese:
quá trình
— series of events to produce a result
Yiddish:
פּראָצעס
(protses)
— series of events to produce a result
Chinese Mandarin:
工藝 /工艺
(gōngyì)
— (manufacturing) The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product
Afrikaans:
proses
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Arabic:
عِلْمِيَّة
(ʕilmiyya)
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Arabic:
مُعَالَجَة
(muʕālaja)
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Bulgarian:
ход
(hod)
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Bulgarian:
разви́тие
(razvítie)
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Catalan:
procés
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Chinese Cantonese:
過程 /过程
(gwo3 cing4)
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Chinese Mandarin:
過程 /过程
(guòchéng)
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Czech:
děj
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Finnish:
prosessi
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Finnish:
kulku
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Finnish:
työnkulku
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
French:
processus
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Greek:
διεργασία
(diergasía)
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Hindi:
प्रगति
(pragti)
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Hindi:
विकास
(vikās)
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Hungarian:
folyamat
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Irish:
próiseas
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Italian:
processo
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Italian:
procedimento
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Japanese:
プロセス
(purosesu)
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Māori:
hātepe
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Mongolian:
явц
(javc)
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Norwegian Bokmål:
prosess
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Norwegian Nynorsk:
prosess
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Occitan:
procès
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Occitan:
procediment
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Portuguese:
processo
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Portuguese:
procedimento
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Russian:
проце́сс
(procéss)
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Russian:
ход
(xod)
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Russian:
разви́тие
(razvítije)
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Spanish:
proceso
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Swedish:
process
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Tagalog:
proseso
— path of succession of states through which a system passes
Afrikaans:
proses
— successive physiological responses to keep or restore health
Catalan:
procés
— successive physiological responses to keep or restore health
Esperanto:
procezo
— successive physiological responses to keep or restore health
Finnish:
prosessi
— successive physiological responses to keep or restore health
Finnish:
tapahtumasarja
— successive physiological responses to keep or restore health
French:
processus
— successive physiological responses to keep or restore health
Italian:
processo
— successive physiological responses to keep or restore health
Portuguese:
processo
— successive physiological responses to keep or restore health
Spanish:
proceso
— successive physiological responses to keep or restore health
Spanish:
apéndice
— successive physiological responses to keep or restore health
Tagalog:
proseso
— successive physiological responses to keep or restore health
Chinese Mandarin:
突起
(tūqǐ)
— tissue that arises above a surface
Chinese Mandarin:
突
— tissue that arises above a surface
Czech:
výběžek
— tissue that arises above a surface
Czech:
výčnělek
— tissue that arises above a surface
Finnish:
uloke
— tissue that arises above a surface
Finnish:
lisäke
— tissue that arises above a surface
German:
Fortsatz
— tissue that arises above a surface
Irish:
starr
— tissue that arises above a surface
Spanish:
apófisis
— tissue that arises above a surface
Ottoman Turkish:
تومسك
(tümsek)
— tissue that arises above a surface
Afrikaans:
proses
— (computing) an executable task or program
Catalan:
procés
— (computing) an executable task or program
Catalan:
procediment
— (computing) an executable task or program
Chinese Mandarin:
進程 /进程
(jìnchéng)
— (computing) an executable task or program
Czech:
proces
— (computing) an executable task or program
Finnish:
prosessi
— (computing) an executable task or program
Finnish:
tehtävä
— (computing) an executable task or program
Greek:
διεργασία
(diergasía)
— (computing) an executable task or program
Hindi:
प्रक्रिया
(prakriyā)
— (computing) an executable task or program
Italian:
processo
— (computing) an executable task or program
Māori:
tukanga
— (computing) an executable task or program
Polish:
proces
— (computing) an executable task or program
Portuguese:
processo
— (computing) an executable task or program
Turkish:
işlem
— (computing) an executable task or program
Arabic:
جَهَّزَ
(jahhaza)
— to perform a particular process
Bulgarian:
обработвам
(obrabotvam)
— to perform a particular process
Catalan:
processar
— to perform a particular process
Catalan:
tractar
— to perform a particular process
Dutch:
uitvoeren
— to perform a particular process
Dutch:
verwerken
— to perform a particular process
Finnish:
käsitellä
— to perform a particular process
Finnish:
prosessoida
— to perform a particular process
French:
traiter
— to perform a particular process
German:
verarbeiten
— to perform a particular process
Greek:
επεξεργάζομαι
(epexergázomai)
— to perform a particular process
Hebrew:
עיבד
(ibéd)
— to perform a particular process
Hindi:
प्रक्रिया
(prakriyā)
— to perform a particular process
Italian:
elaborare
— to perform a particular process
Italian:
trattare
— to perform a particular process
Kazakh:
өңдеу
(öñdeu)
— to perform a particular process
Khmer:
ដំណើរការ
(dɑmnaə kaa)
— to perform a particular process
Māori:
hātepe
— to perform a particular process
Māori:
tukatuka
— to perform a particular process
Polish:
przetwarzać
— to perform a particular process
Portuguese:
processar
— to perform a particular process
Portuguese:
tratar
— to perform a particular process
Russian:
обраба́тывать
(obrabátyvatʹ)
— to perform a particular process
Russian:
обрабо́тать
(obrabótatʹ)
— to perform a particular process
Serbo-Croatian:
обра́дити
— to perform a particular process
Serbo-Croatian:
обрађи́вати
— to perform a particular process
Serbo-Croatian:
obráditi
— to perform a particular process
Serbo-Croatian:
obrađívati
— to perform a particular process
Spanish:
procesar
— to perform a particular process
Spanish:
tratar
— to perform a particular process
Turkish:
işlemek
— to perform a particular process
Ukrainian:
обробля́ти
(obrobljáty)
— to perform a particular process
Ukrainian:
оброби́ти
(obrobýty)
— to perform a particular process
Vietnamese:
tiến hành
— to perform a particular process
Yiddish:
פּראָצעסירן
(protsesirn)
— to perform a particular process
Bulgarian:
осмислям
(osmisljam)
— to think information over, and assimilate it
Catalan:
rumiar
— to think information over, and assimilate it
Catalan:
pair
— to think information over, and assimilate it
Dutch:
verwerken
— to think information over, and assimilate it
Finnish:
käsitellä
— to think information over, and assimilate it
French:
digérer
— to think information over, and assimilate it
German:
verdauen
— to think information over, and assimilate it
Greek:
επεξεργάζομαι
(epexergázomai)
— to think information over, and assimilate it
Hungarian:
feldolgoz
— to think information over, and assimilate it
Italian:
realizzare
— to think information over, and assimilate it
Japanese:
会得する
(etoku suru)
— to think information over, and assimilate it
Polish:
asymilować
— to think information over, and assimilate it
Polish:
przyswajać
— to think information over, and assimilate it
Portuguese:
digerir
— to think information over, and assimilate it
Portuguese:
ruminar
— to think information over, and assimilate it
Spanish:
procesar
— to think information over, and assimilate it
Swedish:
bearbeta
— to think information over, and assimilate it
Ukrainian:
обробля́ти
(obrobljáty)
— to think information over, and assimilate it
Ukrainian:
оброби́ти
(obrobýty)
— to think information over, and assimilate it
Catalan:
anar de processó
— to walk in a procession
