Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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process | Yes | No | Yes | No |
action | Yes | No | Yes | No |
process (noun) | action (noun) |
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a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field |
a particular course of action intended to achieve a result | 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 |
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant | something done (usually as opposed to something said) |
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents | a military engagement |
a mental process that you are not directly aware of | an act by a government body or supranational organization |
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 | the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism |
In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). | |
the trait of being active and energetic and forceful | |
the series of events that form a plot | |
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | |
the state of being active |
process (verb) | action (verb) |
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subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition | put in effect |
perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information | institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against |
deliver a warrant or summons to someone | |
shape, form, or improve a material | |
institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | |
deal with in a routine way | |
march in a procession |