| noun | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result “the procedure of obtaining a driver's license” |
| noun | (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents “the process of thinking” |
| noun | 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 |
| noun | a mental process that you are not directly aware of “the process of denial” |
| noun | a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant “a bony process” |
| noun | a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states “events now in process” |
| verb | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition “process cheese” |
| verb | deal with in a routine way “I'll handle that one” |
| verb | perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information “The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech” |
| verb | institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against “He was warned that the district attorney would process him” |
| verb | march in a procession “They processed into the dining room” |
| verb | shape, form, or improve a material “work stone into tools” |
| verb | deliver a warrant or summons to someone “He was processed by the sheriff” |
| procedural | adjective | of or relating to procedure |
| proceed | verb | follow a procedure or take a course |
| process | verb | shape, form, or improve a material |
| operate | verb | happen |
| summons | verb | call in an official matter, such as to attend court |
| processor | noun | someone who processes things (foods or photographs or applicants etc.) |
| processing | noun | preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure |
| treatment | noun | the management of someone or something |
| process | noun | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result |
| actionable | adjective | affording grounds for legal action |
| action | noun | a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong |
| suit | noun | a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy |
| suer | noun | someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right |
| litigation | noun | a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights |
| march | noun | a procession of people walking together |
| marching | noun | the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind) |
| workable | adjective | capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are |