Definitions for processes

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processes proc·ess

Spelling: [pros-es; especially British proh-ses]

IPA: /ˈprɒs ɛs; especially British ˈproʊ sɛs/

Processes is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 259 anagrams from letters in processes (ceeoprsss).

Definitions for processes

noun

1. a systematic series of actions directed to some end:
2. a continuous action, operation, or series of changes taking place in a definite manner:
3. Law. the summons, mandate, or writ by which a defendant or thing is brought before court for litigation. the whole course of the proceedings in an action at law.
4. Photography. photomechanical or photoengraving methods collectively.
5. Biology, Anatomy. a natural outgrowth, projection, or appendage:
6. the action of going forward or on.
7. the condition of being carried on.
8. course or lapse, as of time.
9. conk4 (defs 1, 2).

adjective

1. prepared or modified by an artificial process or procedure:
2. noting, pertaining to, or involving photomechanical or photoengraving methods:
3. Informal. of or relating to hair that has been conked, or chemically straightened.
4. Movies. created by or used in process cinematography:

verb (used with object)

1. to treat or prepare by some particular series of actions, as in manufacturing.
2. to handle (papers, records, etc.) by systematically organizing them, recording or making notations on them, following up with appropriate action, or the like:
3. to require (someone) to answer questionnaires, perform various tasks, and sometimes to undergo physical and aptitude classification examinations before the beginning or termination of a period of service:
4. to convert (an agricultural commodity) into marketable form by a special series of steps, as pasteurization.
5. to institute a legal process against; prosecute.
6. to serve a process or summons on.
7. Computers. to carry out operations on (data or programs).
8. conk4 (def 3).

verb (used without object)

1. to undergo the activities involved in hiring or firing personnel:

Origin of processes

1275-1325; Middle English proces (noun) (Old French) Latin prōcessus a going forward, equivalent to prō- pro-¹ + ced-, variant stem of cēdere to yield (see

Examples for processes

It was blasphemy to think of her in such case, subjected to the degradation of these processes.

Fintech processes payments for the alcoholic beverage industry.

Its core information—materials, processes, electronic tricks, and RCS numbers—needs to be protected.

It speaks to us through the processes of governing in the sovereignties of 48 States.

All the processes of the ages are God's science; all the flow of history is his poetry.

There are 17 processes herein, which collectively take four years for a craftsman to master.

We have succeeded, and I want to enjoy our success and forget its processes.

The billionaire philanthropist tastes the product of a machine that processes human sewage into drinking water and electricity.

Often, the processes that result in death begin when the heart stops beating.

Part of it is lost; in some processes a considerable proportion.