process

«process» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a series of steps or changes that happen one after… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a process, processes); verb (process, processes, processed, processing)

meaning for a pupil

1) A process is a series of steps or changes that happen one after another to reach a result. tree →

2) To process something means to deal with it or change it in steps, like processing food or information. tree →

3) To process feelings or news means to understand them slowly. tree →

4) «In the process of» means while doing something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the phrase "in process of time" it means after some time had passed. In Chronicles it marks the end of a long period, here two years of King Jehoram's sickness. Interpretation: Chronicles is read as showing that the king's illness and death came as a punishment for his wicked ways. In the primary lessons: Science: natural processes like the water cycle, digestion, photosynthesis, rusting and erosion. Maths: a process can be a method of steps, such as long division. Computers process data. Everyday life: processed food has been changed in a factory; learning to ride a bike is a process. Phrases: in the process of, step-by-step process, the process of elimination, processed food.

examples

• And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. (Torah GEN.4.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. (Torah GEN.38.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• The grouping of the processes of origin into an arrangement, at once alphabetic and numeral, is one only to be found in Semitic authors. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• And it came to pass, that in process of time, at the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. (Writings 2CH.21.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• Evaporation is part of the water cycle process. tree →
• Learning to read is a long process. tree →
• We are in the process of moving house. tree →
• The computer is processing your request. tree →
• Processed food often has lots of salt. tree →
• Digestion is the process of breaking down food. tree →
• Use the process of elimination to find the answer. tree →
• It took her a while to process the sad news. tree →
• The result is the same as before, and the process is repeated every night for a whole month. tree →

note

Plural: processes. Noun stress: PRO-cess; there is also a different verb «pro-CESS» (to walk in a procession), which is rare. In maths word problems, «describe the process» means explain the steps you used.

In the corpora

• And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
• A divorce can feel sad and also a relief, because a long, hard process is over.
• "Processed" means farm animals were slaughtered for meat.
• When water or wind slows down, it drops what it carries, a process called deposition.
• Waves hitting a beach at an angle move sand along the coast, a process called longshore drift.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «process» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.