process
process [-es] n
ME < Fr. < L. prÅcess-us, advance, progress, process, lapse of time; see proceed, v.
- Phenomenon; development; evolution; cycle; pattern; progression; series of events; growth; ripening; maturing.
- Course; passage. (925/841)
- [Fig.] errand; task; work; action; experiment; design.
- [Fig.] existence; occurrence; presence; being.