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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
process1 /ˈprəʊsɛs/
noun
  • 1 a series of actions or steps towards achieving a particular end.

    ■ a natural series of changes.

  • 2 Law a summons to appear in court.
  • 3 Biology & Anatomy a natural appendage or outgrowth on or in an organism.
  • 4 [as modifier] Printing relating to or denoting printing using ink in three colours (cyan, magenta, and yellow) and black.
verb perform a series of operations to change or preserve.

Computing operate on (data) by means of a program.

■ deal with, using an established procedure.

– derivatives
processable adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. proces, from L. processus ‘progression, course’, from procedere (see proceed).



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
process2 /prəˈsɛs/
verb walk in procession.
– origin C19: back-form. from procession.



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