process
Usage
What are other ways to say process?
A process is a series of progressive and interdependent steps by which an end is attained: a chemical process. Procedure usually implies a formal or set order of doing a thing, a method of conducting affairs: parliamentary procedure. Proceeding (usually plural) applies to what goes on or takes place on a given occasion or to the records of the occasion: proceedings of the Royal Academy of Sciences.
Example Sentences
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Metro board member Fernando Dutra said the agency had been working through a painstaking process to bring systems back online, an effort that continues.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
Early in the process, the potato's pores are filled with water, leaving no space for oil.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026
Consumer psychologist Kate Nightingale says companies actually want customers to associate negative emotions with the cancellation process.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Market tops are a process, not an event.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
It was a process Clare could describe only as conversation.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
