Meaning : A particular course of action intended to achieve a result.
Example :
The procedure of obtaining a driver's license.
It was a process of trial and error.
Synonyms : procedure
Meaning : (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity. An operation that affects mental contents.
Example :
The process of thinking.
The cognitive operation of remembering.
Synonyms : cognitive operation, cognitive process, mental process, operation
Meaning : 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.
Synonyms : summons
Meaning : A mental process that you are not directly aware of.
Example :
The process of denial.
Synonyms : unconscious process
Meaning : A sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states.
Example :
Events now in process.
The process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls.
Synonyms : physical process
Meaning : Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.
Example :
Process cheese.
Process hair.
Treat the water so it can be drunk.
Treat the lawn with chemicals.
Treat an oil spill.
Synonyms : treat
Meaning : Deal with in a routine way.
Example :
I'll handle that one.
Process a loan.
Process the applicants.
Meaning : Perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information.
Example :
The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech.