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Meaning of process | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈpɹəʊ.sɛs

Definitions

  1. A series of events leading to a result or product.
  2. lawsuit
  3. The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.
  4. To move along in a procession: "The man in the panama hat offered his arm and ... they processed into the dining room" (Anita Brookner).
  5. trial
  6. A path or succession of states through which a system passes.
  7. to deal with (something) by the appropriate process. Have your photographs been processed?; The information is being processed by computer. verwerk يُعالِج обработвам processar zpracovat; reprodukovat bearbeiten fremkalde; behandle επεξεργάζομαι, κατεργάζομαιrevelar; procesar, tratar töötlema رسیدگی کردن؛ آماده کردن prosessoida développer; traiter לְפָתֵח, לְעַבֵּד संसाधित करना feldolgoz memroses meðhöndla sviluppare; trattare 処理する 가공하다 apdoroti, (iš)ryškinti, perdirbti apstrādāt; sagatavot m...
  8. first-person singular present indicative of procesar
  9. Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
  10. (of food) treated in a special way. processed cheese/peas. prosesseer مُعالَج بِعَمَلِيّات خاصَّه обработен processado haltbar gemacht behandlet επεξεργασμένος βιομηχανικά procesado, tratado töödeldud (valmistoodanguks) عمل آوری شده jalostettu préparé industriellement מעובד संसाधित tartósított diproses meðhöndlaður; unninn lavorato, trasformato 加工された 가공된 perdirbtas, lydytas kausēts siers yg diproses geconserveerd bearbeidet, behandlet; framkalt konserwowany, przetwarzany تړل conservado pre­pa...
  11. Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
  12. in the course of. He is in the process of changing jobs; These goods were damaged in the process of manufacture. tydens die proses, besig خِلال عَمَلِيَّة по време на em vias de právě, během im Laufe von i gang med; under κατά τη διάρκεια, στη διαδικασία estar haciendo algo, en vías de (midagi tege)mas, ajal در طی olla meneillään en train de, au cours de בְּתַהֲלִיך vmi alatt, folyamán dalam proses í þann mund að nel processo di, durante ~中で (~의) 진행 중에 procese, metu procesā; laikā dlm proses ...
  13. An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
  14. proceso, método, sistema.
  15. A series of actions, changes, or functions bringing about a result: the process of digestion; the process of obtaining a driver's license.
  16. An executable task or program.
  17. A series of operations performed in the making or treatment of a product: a manufacturing process; leather dyed during the tanning process.
  18. The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
  19. Progress; passage: the process of time; events now in process.
  20. Law a. The use of the law courts and other fora as a means of seeking redress: the adversarial process; due process of law.
    Law
  21. Law A means of compelling a person to appear in court, especially a summons ordering a defendant to appear in court.
    Law

Equivalents

Afrikaans proses
Azərbaycanca hadisə proses sürəc
Беларуская працэс
Български развитие ход
Bosanski procedura proces процес ход
Čeština děj proces výběžek výčnělek
Dansk proces
Esperanto procedo procezo
Gaeilge próiseas starr
Galego proceso
עברית עיבד תהליך
Hrvatski procedura proces процес ход
Bahasa Indonesia proses
日本語 プロセス 会得する 工程 過程
ქართული პროცესი
한국어 과정 프로세스
Македонски процес
Монгол явц
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဖြစ်စဉ်
Română proces
Српски procedura proces процес ход
Tagalog proseso
Türkçe işlem proses süreç
اردو طریقہ عمل
Oʻzbekcha jarayon

Examples

“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.”
“We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.”
“But if either at Calling by the Clerk, after the Session Bell, or before the Ordinary by the Roll, an Advocat compears, and craves to be Marked for the Defender, and to see the Process; The Clerk in the first Case, and the Judge in the second, will allow him to see it”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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