process
Definition
- n. (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- n. a mental process that you are not directly aware of
- n. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
- n. a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
Word forms
- Past participle
- processed
- Present participle
- processing
- Past tense
- processed
- Third person singular
- processes
Example sentences
n.
The process of making cheese takes several hours.
vt.
The factory will process the raw materials into finished products.
a.
The processed images look much clearer than the originals.
[计]
The computer is running a process that needs more memory.