in the process
Definition
C2 If you are doing something, and you do something else in the process, the second thing happens as a result of doing the first thing: I stood up to say hello and spilled my drink in the process.Simultaneous and consecutiveOrder and sequence
(Definition of in the process from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accompany verb (GO WITH)
- all the while idiom
- along the way idiom
- alternate adjective
- back noun (FURTHEST PART)
- back-to-back adjective (CONTINUOUS)
- in rotation idiom
- in tandem idiom
- live adjective (AS IT HAPPENS)
- no sooner ... than idiom
- once adverb (ONE TIME)
- once conjunction
- over preposition (DURING)
- parallel adjective (SIMILAR)
- sync noun
- the minute (that) idiom
- through preposition, adverb (TIME)
- throughout preposition, adverb
- together adverb (AT THE SAME TIME)
- under preposition (EXPERIENCING)
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