process

«process» in Mova's school 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

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

• 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

• 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.
• Plants make their own food in a process called photosynthesis, which means "putting together with light".

Trees and pragmatics

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