1. a particular course of action intended to achieve a result;
"the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"
"it was a process of trial and error"
2. a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states;
"events now in process"
"the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
3. (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents;
"the process of thinking"
"the cognitive operation of remembering"
4. a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
5. a mental process that you are not directly aware of;
"the process of denial"
6. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant;