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functioning
English
Verb
functioning
- present participle of function
Adjective
functioning (comparative more functioning, superlative most functioning)
- Functional, working
- (euphemistic, of a person) Mentally disabled but still able to survive in wider society.
- Oh, he looked pretty functioning to me.
Synonyms
- (functional): useful
Translations
Noun
functioning (plural functionings)
- Action of the verb function.
- Manner by which something functions; the workings.
Translations
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process
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French procés (“journey”), from Latin pr?cessus, from pr?c?d?.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p???s?s/
- (General American) enPR: pr??s?s, IPA(key): /?p??s?s/
- (Canada, rarely US) enPR: pr??s?s, IPA(key): /?p?o?s?s/
- Hyphenation: pro?cess
Noun
process (plural processes)
- A series of events which produce a result (the product).
- (manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.
- 1960, Mack Tyner, Process Engineering Calculations: Material and Energy Balances – Ordinarily a process plant will use a steam boiler to supply its process heat requirements and to drive a steam-turbine generator.
- 1987, J. R. Richards, Principles of control system design in Modelling and control of fermentation processes – The words plant or process infer generally any dynamic system, be it primarily mechanical, electrical, or chemical process in nature, and may extend also to include social or economic systems.
- A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
- (anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
- (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
- 1711, John Spotiswood, The Form of Process, 39:
- But if either at Calling by the Clerk, after the Session Bell, or before the Ordinary by the Roll, an Advocat compears, and craves to be Marked for the Defender, and to see the Process; The Clerk in the first Case, and the Judge in the second, will allow him to see it
- 1711, John Spotiswood, The Form of Process, 39:
- (biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
- (anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
- (computing) An executable task or program.
- The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- due-process
- interprocess
Related terms
Related terms
- proceed
- procedure
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (purosesu)
Translations
Verb
process (third-person singular simple present processes, present participle processing, simple past and past participle processed)
- (transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
- (transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
- (transitive, figuratively) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
- (transitive, photography, film) To develop photographic film.
- (transitive, law) To take legal proceedings against.
- 1845, Report from Her Majesty's Commissioners of inquiry into the state of the law and practice in respect to the occupation of land in Ireland
- When I saw that he would not let me alone, I processed him for £12. My mother was with his brother John, and he allowed her six guineas for clothes; and if she did not want the money, he would allow it to me in the rent, and I made him pay that when he would not leave me alone.
- 1845, Report from Her Majesty's Commissioners of inquiry into the state of the law and practice in respect to the occupation of land in Ireland
Derived terms
- processed
- processor
Translations
Etymology 2
Back-formation from procession.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) enPR: pr?-s?s?, IPA(key): /p???s?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
- Hyphenation: pro?cess
Verb
process (third-person singular simple present processes, present participle processing, simple past and past participle processed)
- To walk in a procession
Translations
Anagrams
- Cospers, Crespos, corpses, scopers
Latvian
Etymology
From Latin pr?cessus (“progression, progress, process”), perfect passive participle of pr?c?d? (“I advance, proceed”), from pr?- +? c?d? (“I go, move, proceed”).
Noun
process m (1st declension)
- process
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin processus (“progression, progress, process”), perfect passive participle of pr?c?d? (“I advance, proceed”), from pr?- +? c?d? (“I go, move, proceed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pr??s?s/
Noun
process c
- process
Declension
Derived terms
- processa
Related terms
- processuell
References
- process in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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