Antonyms for process

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : pros-es; especially British proh-ses

Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒs ɛs; especially British ˈproʊ sɛs

Definition of process

Origin : early 14c., "fact of being carried on" (e.g. in process), from Old French proces "a journey; continuation, development; legal trial" (13c.) and directly from Latin processus "a going forward, advance, progress," from past participle stem of procedere "go forward" (see proceed).
Meaning "course or method of action" is from mid-14c.; sense of "continuous series of actions meant to accomplish some result" (the main modern sense) is from 1620s. Legal sense of "course of action of a suit at law" is attested from early 14c.

noun method; series of actions to achieve result
verb subject to series of actions to achieve result

Example sentences :

In the course of this process he fell into adventures, some of them, perhaps, unedifying.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

This process is performed by girls, with the aid of what is called a “bob” or “glazer.”
Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore

Proceed with the remainder of the process as in canning peaches.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Many, indeed, affirmed that the process was already near its consummation.
Extract from : « The Man of Adamant » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Now, only 15,000 tons are made per annum by Leblanc's process.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various

If he is wicked and she can sort of make him over, like an old dress, she revels in the process.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

What logic, what process of argument secures you against this supposition?
Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume

Is this patent of yours on a process of making gas from crude oil?
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

Hereupon ensued a process of thought in the mind of the knight.
Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock

In process of time the girl's work was discovered—discovered by Judith.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Synonyms for process

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