process
/ˈpɹɑ.sɛs/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.26 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A series of events leading to a result or product.
noun
The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.
noun
A path or succession of states through which a system passes.
noun
Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
noun
Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
noun
An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
noun
An executable task or program.
noun
The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
Example Sentences
- "This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed."
- "But they came up against an impressive force in Bayern, who extended their run to 10 wins on the trot, having scored 28 goals in the process and conceding none."
- "Yet in “Through a Latte, Darkly”, a new study of how Starbucks has largely avoided paying tax in Britain, Edward Kleinbard […] shows that current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate what he calls “stateless income”: […] In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property."
- "For each of the schemes discussed, there is the four-stage process of planning, funding, delivery and operations, in which the various parties involved might be the lead, a partner or an influencer."
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle English proces, from Old French procés (“journey”), from Latin prōcessus (“course, progression”), nominalization of prōcēdō (“proceed, advance”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *per-, proces, procés, prōcessus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɹɑ.sɛs/
- British English: /ˈpɹəʊ.sɛs/