process

noun [C]

/ˈprəʊ.ses/

/ˈprɑː-/

Definition

B2 a series of actions that you take in order to achieve a result: the peace process Increasing the number of women in top management jobs will be a slow process. This decision may delay the process of European unification. The party has begun the painful (= difficult) process of rethinking its policies and strategy. Going to court to obtain compensation is a long process. She arrived at the correct answer by a process of elimination (= by deciding against each answer that was unlikely to be correct until only one was left).Ways of achieving things B2 a series of changes that happen naturally: the digestive process the ageing process It's all part of the learning process.Making progress and advancingBecoming better › a method of producing goods in a factory by treating natural substances: They have developed a new process for extracting aluminium from bauxite.Industrial processing

(Definition of process noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)