Entry Word: process

Function: noun

Meaning: 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 fashion, manner, method, mode, style, system, technique, way; approach, blueprint, design, game plan, layout, plan, plot, program, 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> — see advance 1