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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