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process en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• prōʹsĕs (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpɹɑ.sɛs/ (General-American)
• prōʹsĕs (Canada, US, rare)
• /ˈpɹoʊ.sɛs/ (Canada, US, rare)
• [ˈpɹɐʉˌses] (Australia)
• /ˈpɹɐʉˌses/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈpɹəʉˌses/ (Australia)
• (US) audio
• prŏʹsĕs (General-American)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈpɹəʊ.sɛs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-əs/ (General-American)
• /-əs/ (Canada, US, rare)

Etymology

From Middle English proces, from Old French procés (“journey”), from Latin prōcessus (“course, progression”), nominalization of prōcēdō (“proceed, advance”).

Meanings

1. A series of events leading to a result or product.
   • 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. 2011 September 27, Alistair Magowan, “Bayern Munich 2-0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
   • 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. 2019 October, John Glover, “Heathrow rail expansion”, in Modern Railways, page 73:
   • 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. 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
   • This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.
2. The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.
   • 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.
   • 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.
3. A path or succession of states through which a system passes.
   • 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. 2012 January 14, Robert L. Dorit, “Rereading Darwin”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2012, page 23:
4. Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
5. Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
   • 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 1711, John Spotiswood, The Form of Process, section 39:
6. An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
7. An executable task or program.
8. The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.

Forms

Deriveds

autoprocess (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Penrose process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · uncinate process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · vaginal process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · microprocess (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · procedural due process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Dongola process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Pattinson's process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process time (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · ciliary process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process art (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process manufacturing (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · service of process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · cryo process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Hall-Héroult process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · paraoccipital process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Fischer-Tropsch process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · orbital process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Taylor-White process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · cumene process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · legislative process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Deacon's process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · LiBeB process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Castner process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Bower-Barff process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · ammonia-soda process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · inter-process communication (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · macroprocess (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process hot water (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Triger process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · paroccipital process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · due process of law (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Fourcault process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · full process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · lead chamber process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · s-process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · ensiform process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · superprocess (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · stochastic process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · bodily process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process server (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · processual (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · zygomatic process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Thomas process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · cyanide process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Frasch process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Gayley process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Raschig-Hooker process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · cold rain process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · out-process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · in the process of (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · transverse process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process of elimination (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · kraft process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · out of process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Fowler process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · lost-wax process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · paramastoid process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process of green wax (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · work in process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Weldon process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · stack process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · alveolar process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process tomography (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · subprocess (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Markov process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · metaprocess (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process mining (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Czochralski process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · thought-process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · coracoid process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Payne's process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Thomson process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · semi-Markov process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · coprocess (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Parkes process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · spinous process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process theology (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Dutch process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · xiphoid process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Dow process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · in the process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · multiprocess (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · cryo-process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · hydroprocess (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · processwide (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · coronoid process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · postprocess (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · in-process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · bioprocess (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · acrocoracoid process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · statistical process control (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · due process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process-oriented (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · processee (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · styloid process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Acheson process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · thought process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · pre-process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Frank-Caro process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · counterprocess (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · r-process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · cazo process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · odontoid process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · pterygoid process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · processology (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · mastoid process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · processome (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process plate (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · ammonia process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · branching process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Harvey process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Niepce's process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · patio process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · out-of-process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · basic process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Krupp process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · zombie process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · batch process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Manhès process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process colour (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Paget process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · substantive due process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process worker (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · quantum process tomography (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · abuse of process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · processal (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Hock process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Haber process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Washoe process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · interprocess (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process window index (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Verneuil process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · soda process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · ironic process theory (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process oil (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Markov jump process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · sulfate process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · peace process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Galton-Watson process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Leblanc process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · outprocess (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · contact process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · frontal process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process upset (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · clinoid process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Solvay process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · trust the process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Wacker process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process color (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Oslo process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · cross-process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · background process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · barrel process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · process butter (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · Siemens-Martin process (some are hyponyms (need moving!)) · carbon process (some are hyponyms (need moving!))

Descendants

プロセス

Hyponyms

Downs process · Wiener process · Markov renewal process · Bergius process · triple-alpha process · Hawkes process · Stiefel process · Bell process · Catalan process · Bell-Krupp process · probabilistic process · Deacon process · Bethell process · Chinese restaurant process · acromial process · Ziervogel process · probability process · Chorleywood process · Gilchrist-Thomas process · Poisson process · Boucherie process · blue line process · Downs' process · Bernoulli process · Lincoln County process · random process · Birkeland-Eyde process · Pattinson process · Unified Software Development Process · Breit-Wheeler process · Dirichlet process · Augustin process · Bessemer process · Thomas-Gilchrist process · jump process · honey process · Unified Process · Mannheim process · Rueping process · Charmat process

Relateds

proceed · procedure

Translations (163)

pt processo ((computing) an executable task or program) · ur عَمَلِیَت (series of events to produce a result) · ja プロセス (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · cs výběžek (tissue that arises above a surface) · nn prosess (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · es proceso (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · mn явц (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · yi פּראָצעס (series of events to produce a result) · ru разви́тие (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · es apófisis (tissue that arises above a surface) · ko 과정 (series of events to produce a result) · cs výčnělek (tissue that arises above a surface) · pl proces ((computing) an executable task or program) · sl proces (series of events to produce a result) · es proceso (successive physiological responses to keep or restore health) · mk процес (series of events to produce a result) · tk proses (series of events to produce a result) · hi विकास (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · cmn 突 (tissue that arises above a surface) · fi prosessi ((computing) an executable task or program) · ar عَمَلِيَّة ((computing) an executable task or program) · hi प्रक्रिया ((computing) an executable task or program) · da forløb (series of events to produce a result) · ja 工程 (series of events to produce a result) · hi प्रगति (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · gl proceso (series of events to produce a result) · af proses (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · tr proses (series of events to produce a result) · nn prosess (series of events to produce a result) · mi tukanga ((computing) an executable task or program) · pt processo (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · km ទំនង (series of events to produce a result) · cs děj (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · hy գործընթաց (series of events to produce a result) · vi qui trình (series of events to produce a result) · lt procesas (series of events to produce a result) · fa-ira فَرْآیَنْد (series of events to produce a result) · bg ход (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · eo procedo (series of events to produce a result) · es apéndice (successive physiological responses to keep or restore health) · ru ход (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · fr processus (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · he תַּהֲלִיךְ (series of events to produce a result) · fi menetelmä (series of events to produce a result) · eu prozesu (series of events to produce a result) · uk проце́с (series of events to produce a result) · sq proces (series of events to produce a result) · id proses (series of events to produce a result) · it procedimento (series of events to produce a result) · ar عَمَلِيَّة (series of events to produce a result) · pt procedimento (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · ja 過程 (series of events to produce a result) · mn процесс (series of events to produce a result) · ota تومسك (tissue that arises above a surface) · oc procès (series of events to produce a result) · sv förlopp (series of events to produce a result) · ca procediment ((computing) an executable task or program) · fa-ira پْروسِه (series of events to produce a result) · mn үйл явц (series of events to produce a result) · pt processo (successive physiological responses to keep or restore health) · is ferli (series of events to produce a result) · ca procés (series of events to produce a result) · nb prosess (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · ky процесс (series of events to produce a result) · uz jarayon (series of events to produce a result) · fi lisäke (tissue that arises above a surface) · it processo (successive physiological responses to keep or restore health) · mi hātepe (series of events to produce a result) · af proses (successive physiological responses to keep or restore health) · sh про̀цес (series of events to produce a result) · et protsess (series of events to produce a result) · sk proces (series of events to produce a result) · fa-ira رَوَنْد (series of events to produce a result) · ga próiseas (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · ka პროცესი (series of events to produce a result) · de Verlauf (series of events to produce a result) · fi tapahtumasarja (successive physiological responses to keep or restore health) · az sürəc (series of events to produce a result) · lv process (series of events to produce a result) · as প্ৰক্ৰিয়া (series of events to produce a result) · da proces (series of events to produce a result) · fr processus (successive physiological responses to keep or restore health) · uz protsess (series of events to produce a result) · it processo (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · bg проце́с (series of events to produce a result) · cmn 工藝 /工艺 ((manufacturing) The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product) · ga starr (tissue that arises above a surface) · fi uloke (tissue that arises above a surface) · fi tehtävä ((computing) an executable task or program) · af proses ((computing) an executable task or program) · af proses (series of events to produce a result) · fi menettely (series of events to produce a result) · cmn 過程 /过程 (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · tr süreç (series of events to produce a result) · el διεργασία ((computing) an executable task or program) · fi prosessi (series of events to produce a result) · nb prosess (series of events to produce a result) · hu folyamat (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · ar مُعَالَجَة (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · cs proces (series of events to produce a result) · ru проце́сс (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · az proses (series of events to produce a result) · cmn 突起 (tissue that arises above a surface) · vi quá trình (series of events to produce a result) · ur عَمَل (series of events to produce a result) · ar عِلْمِيَّة (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · tr işlem ((computing) an executable task or program) · oc procediment (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · yue 過程 /过程 (series of events to produce a result) · kk барыс (series of events to produce a result) · eo procezo (successive physiological responses to keep or restore health) · lo ຂະບວນການ (series of events to produce a result) · pt processo (series of events to produce a result) · it procedimento (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · de Fortsatz (tissue that arises above a surface) · cmn 進程 /进程 ((computing) an executable task or program) · el διαδικασία (series of events to produce a result) · hy պրոցես (series of events to produce a result) · ro proces (series of events to produce a result) · hi प्रक्रिया (series of events to produce a result) · bn প্রক্রিয়া (series of events to produce a result) · it procedura (series of events to produce a result) · cs proces ((computing) an executable task or program) · tl proseso (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · th กระบวนการ (series of events to produce a result) · ca procés (successive physiological responses to keep or restore health) · cmn 過程 /过程 (series of events to produce a result) · tl proseso (series of events to produce a result) · nl proces (series of events to produce a result) · ca procés (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · kk процесс (series of events to produce a result) · no forløp (series of events to produce a result) · ru проце́сс (series of events to produce a result) · el διεργασία (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · fi prosessi (successive physiological responses to keep or restore health) · fr processus (series of events to produce a result) · sh pròces (series of events to produce a result) · fi työnkulku (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · be працэ́с (series of events to produce a result) · pl proces (series of events to produce a result) · my ဖြစ်စဉ် (series of events to produce a result) · fi prosessi (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · bg разви́тие (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · ca procés ((computing) an executable task or program) · sv process (series of events to produce a result) · ko 프로세스 (series of events to produce a result) · de Prozess (series of events to produce a result) · yue 過程 /过程 (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · ga próiseas (series of events to produce a result) · fi kulku (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · es proceso (series of events to produce a result) · ms proses (series of events to produce a result) · az hadisə (series of events to produce a result) · fr procès (series of events to produce a result) · it processo ((computing) an executable task or program) · tl proseso (successive physiological responses to keep or restore health) · it processo (series of events to produce a result) · ur طَرِیقَہ (series of events to produce a result) · sv process (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · oc procès (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · mi hātepe (path of succession of states through which a system passes) · tg раванд (series of events to produce a result) · hu folyamat (series of events to produce a result)

wikidata: Q205663 · wikidata: Q2281940 · wikidata: Q10843872

process en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• prōʹsĕs (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpɹɑ.sɛs/ (General-American)
• prōʹsĕs (Canada, US, rare)
• /ˈpɹoʊ.sɛs/ (Canada, US, rare)
• [ˈpɹɐʉˌses] (Australia)
• /ˈpɹɐʉˌses/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈpɹəʉˌses/ (Australia)
• (US) audio
• prŏʹsĕs (General-American)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈpɹəʊ.sɛs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-əs/ (General-American)
• /-əs/ (Canada, US, rare)

Etymology

From Middle English proces, from Old French procés (“journey”), from Latin prōcessus (“course, progression”), nominalization of prōcēdō (“proceed, advance”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
   • Processing the harvested cocoons begins with grading and then boiling them in soapy water to soften the sericin that binds the fibers together. 2026, Elise Young, “Yagaa: Reviving Sericulture in Southern Mexico”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 16:
2. (transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
   • We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions.
   • CBP told CNN it currently processes “nearly 4 million duty-free de minimis shipments a day.” 2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald and Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos”, in CNN:
   • If you process you own digital files, it's as time consuming, or maybe even more time consuming, than it is to process and print your own film. 2006, Michael Grecco, Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, Amphoto Books, →ISBN, page 92:
3. (figuratively, transitive) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
   • I didn't know she had a criminal record. That will take me a while to process.
4. (transitive) To develop photographic film.
5. (transitive) To take legal proceedings against.
   • When I saw that he would not let me alone, I processed him for £12. My mother was with his brother John, and he allowed her six guineas for clothes; and if she did not want the money, he would allow it to me in the rent, and I made him pay that when he would not leave me alone. 1845, Report from Her Majesty's Commissioners of inquiry into the state of the law and practice in respect to the occupation of land in Ireland:

Forms

Deriveds

bioprocess · subprocess · preprocess · processed · underprocess · unprocessability · lyoprocess · processible · wordprocess · geoprocess · overprocess · photoprocess · misprocess · processability · postprocess · processor · reprocess · hydroprocess · autoprocess · processable

Translations (55)

pt processar (to perform a particular process) · nl verwerken (to perform a particular process) · nl uitvoeren (to perform a particular process) · ja 会得する (to think information over, and assimilate it) · es procesar (to think information over, and assimilate it) · el επεξεργάζομαι (to think information over, and assimilate it) · pt ruminar (to think information over, and assimilate it) · de verarbeiten (to perform a particular process) · nl verwerken (to think information over, and assimilate it) · uk оброби́ти (to perform a particular process) · hi प्रक्रिया (to perform a particular process) · km ដំណើរការ (to perform a particular process) · kk өңдеу (to perform a particular process) · ru обрабо́тать (to perform a particular process) · fi prosessoida (to perform a particular process) · it realizzare (to think information over, and assimilate it) · de verdauen (to think information over, and assimilate it) · vi tiến trình (to perform a particular process) · pl przetwarzać (to perform a particular process) · es tratar (to perform a particular process) · el επεξεργάζομαι (to perform a particular process) · sh obrađívati (to perform a particular process) · tr işlemek (to perform a particular process) · he עיבד (to perform a particular process) · pl przyswajać (to think information over, and assimilate it) · hu feldolgoz (to think information over, and assimilate it) · ca rumiar (to think information over, and assimilate it) · uk обробля́ти (to think information over, and assimilate it) · sh obráditi (to perform a particular process) · pl asymilować (to think information over, and assimilate it) · mi hātepe (to perform a particular process) · fi käsitellä (to think information over, and assimilate it) · bg осмислям (to think information over, and assimilate it) · sh обра́дити (to perform a particular process) · fr digérer (to think information over, and assimilate it) · pt tratar (to perform a particular process) · fr traiter (to perform a particular process) · uk оброби́ти (to think information over, and assimilate it) · ar جَهَّزَ (to perform a particular process) · pt digerir (to think information over, and assimilate it) · bg обработвам (to perform a particular process) · vi tiến hành (to perform a particular process) · mi tukatuka (to perform a particular process) · fi käsitellä (to perform a particular process) · ru обраба́тывать (to perform a particular process) · yi פּראָצעסירן (to perform a particular process) · es procesar (to perform a particular process) · ca tractar (to perform a particular process) · it trattare (to perform a particular process) · sh обрађи́вати (to perform a particular process) · ca processar (to perform a particular process) · ca pair (to think information over, and assimilate it) · sv bearbeta (to think information over, and assimilate it) · uk обробля́ти (to perform a particular process) · it elaborare (to perform a particular process)

process en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• prə-sĕsʹ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /pɹəˈsɛs/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /pɹəˈses/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

Back-formation from procession.

Meanings

1. To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context.
   • Prayers completed and Psalms ending, patriarch, emperor, and their sumptuously clad entourages move past the open, silver-clad wings of the Imperial Door and process into the crowded nave and continue to the sanctuary at the east. 2004, Robert S. Nelson, chapter 1, in Hagia Sophia, 1850–1950: Holy Wisdom Modern Monument, page 13:

Forms

Translations (2)

it processionare (to walk in a procession) · ca anar de processó (to walk in a procession)