process

Pronunciation: ['prɒses]

Average Rank: 1328

Source: ECDICT

n. 程序, 进行, 过程 vt. 加工, 使...接受处理, 对...处置, 对...起诉 a. 经加工的, 有特殊光效的 [计] 进程

n. (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
n. a mental process that you are not directly aware of
n. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
n. a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

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Oxford 3000

Difficulty: BASIC

Exam Tags: gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts

Plural: processes

Past Participle: processed

Present Participle: processing

Past: processed

3rd Person: processes

Word Frequency Rankings

#216

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.8% (Top 97.8% most frequent)

97.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

#2071

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 79.3% (Top 79.3% most frequent)

79.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

#1698

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 83.0% (Top 83.0% most frequent)

83.0%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.