process

process is a 7-letter English word with 18 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.
2. noun. A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature.
3. noun. A statement of events; a narrative.
4. noun. Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.
5. noun. The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial.
6. noun. 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"

7. noun. a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

   "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"

   "it was a process of trial and error"

   Synonyms: procedure

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

   "a bony process"

   Synonyms: appendage, outgrowth

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

   "the process of thinking"

   "the cognitive operation of remembering"

   Synonyms: operation

10. noun. a mental process that you are not directly aware of

    "the process of denial"

11. noun. 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

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

    "process cheese"

    "process hair"

    Synonyms: treat

13. verb. 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"

14. verb. deliver a warrant or summons to someone

    "He was processed by the sheriff"

    Synonyms: serve

15. verb. shape, form, or improve a material

    "work stone into tools"

    "process iron"

    Synonyms: work

16. verb. march in a procession

    "They processed into the dining room"

    Synonyms: march

17. verb. deal with in a routine way

    "I'll handle that one"

    "process a loan"

18. verb. institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

    "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"

    "She actioned the company for discrimination"

    Synonyms: action, litigate, sue

Synonyms

procedure, appendage, outgrowth, operation, summons, treat, serve, work, march, action, litigate, sue

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in process:

corpses

Common word forms

processal, processed, processer, processes, processing, processable

Words from these letters

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