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process

 
 
/ˈprəʊses/ US   /ˈprɑːses/ noun [C]

Translation

ACTIONS a series of actions that you take in order to achieve a result
işlem, yol, metod, usül
Buying a house can be a long and complicated process.18491865
CHANGES [C] a series of changes that happen naturally
doğal olarak meydana gelen değişimler dizisi; işlem/olgu
the ageing process 1849
in the process 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.
bu sırada, bu esnada
She stood up to say hello and spilled her drink in the process.1586
be in the process of doing sth to have started doing something
...yapmakta/sürecinde olmak
We're in the process of painting our apartment.1849
(Definition of process noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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