process

process

noun

Definition of PROCESS

1

a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result <the process by which the elastic fibers spun by silkworms is turned into soft, lustrous cloth>

Synonyms course, operation, procedure, proceeding

Related Words drill, routine; fashion, form, manner, method, mode, style, system, technique, way; approach, arrangement, blueprint, design, formula, game plan, ground plan, layout, plan, plot, program, project, recipe, scheme, strategy; accomplishment, achievement, attainment, enterprise, performance, undertaking, work; activity, functioning, movement

2

forward movement in time or place <in the process of doing this project we all learned a lot>

Synonyms advancement, furtherance, going, headway, march, onrush, passage, process, procession, progress, progression

Related Words current, drift, flow, flux, stream, way; advent, approach, arrival, coming, nearing; bound, jump, leap, step, stride; impetus, momentum

Near Antonyms backwash, ebb, reflux; retraction, return, reversal, reverse; about-face, turnabout, turnaround

Antonyms recess, recession, regress, regression, retreat, retrogression

3

a written notice ordering a person to appear in court <the prosecutor arranged for a process for her appearance to be issued>

Synonyms process, subpoena

Related Words capias, warrant, writ; ticket