process [ pro·ce·s·s ]
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1. A series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.
A second step in the overall process is to collect data relevant to the problem.
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2. A natural series of changes.
the ageing process
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3. A systematic series of mechanized or chemical operations that are performed in order to produce something.
Kraft Foods is likely to set the standard for process cheese innovations.
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4. An instance of a program being executed in a multitasking operating system, typically running in an environment that protects it from other processes.
For our example, we start the two required processes on the same system.
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5. Relating to or denoting printing using ink in three colours (cyan, magenta, and yellow) and black to produce a complete range of colour.
process inks
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6. A summons or writ requiring a person to appear in court.
The plaintiff must issue his process and must serve it on the defendant.
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7. A natural appendage or outgrowth on or in an organism, such as a protuberance on a bone.
Triangular processes occurred in both bones of pairs 58 times from a total of 334 paired scapulae.
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Verb
1. Perform a series of mechanical or chemical operations on (something) in order to change or preserve it.
Beef and pork are nearly always sold natural and minimally processed.
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2. Deal with (someone or something) using an official procedure.
I was not told why I was arrested until after I was processed: obstructing police.
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3. Operate on (data) by means of a program.
You can also specify if the web page snapshots will be processed.
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Origin
1. Middle English from Old French proces, from Latin processus ‘progression, course’, from the verb procedere (see proceed). Current senses of the verb date from the late 19th century.
Verb
1. Walk or march in procession.
They stood at the back of the church ready to process down the aisle
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1. Early 19th century back-formation from procession.

