process

deal with in a routine way

• “I”
• “;”
• “;”

subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

• “process cheese”
• “process hair”
• “treat the water so it can be drunk”
• “treat the lawn with chemicals”
• “treat an oil spill”

perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information

• “The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech”

institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

• “He was warned that the district attorney would process him”
• “She actioned the company for discrimination”

shape, form, or improve a material

• “work stone into tools”
• “process iron”
• “work the metal”

deliver a warrant or summons to someone

• “He was processed by the sheriff”

march in a procession

• “They processed into the dining room”

a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

• “the procedure of obtaining a driver”
• “;”

a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

• “events now in process”
• “the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls”

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents

• “the process of thinking”
• “the cognitive operation of remembering”

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

a mental process that you are not directly aware of

• “the process of denial”

a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

• “a bony process”