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'processes'

[procedure.n.01] as in: a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

Examples:
the procedure of obtaining a driver's license
it was a process of trial and error

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[process.n.02] as in: (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents

Examples:
the process of thinking
the cognitive operation of remembering

'processes'

[summons.n.03] as in: 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

'processes'

[process.n.04] as in: a mental process that you are not directly aware of

Examples:
the process of denial

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[process.n.05] as in: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

Examples:
a bony process

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[process.n.06] as in: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

Examples:
events now in process
the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls

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[process.v.01] as in: subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

Examples:
process cheese
process hair
treat the water so it can be drunk
treat the lawn with chemicals
treat an oil spill

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[process.v.02] as in: deal with in a routine way

Examples:
I'll handle that one
process a loan
process the applicants

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[process.v.03] as in: perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information

Examples:
The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech

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[action.v.01] as in: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

Examples:
He was warned that the district attorney would process him
She actioned the company for discrimination

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[march.v.01] as in: march in a procession

Examples:
They processed into the dining room

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[work.v.05] as in: shape, form, or improve a material

Examples:
work stone into tools
process iron
work the metal

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[serve.v.11] as in: deliver a warrant or summons to someone

Examples:
He was processed by the sheriff