PROCESS

A particular course of action intended to achieve a result

Example: "The procedure of obtaining a driver's license"

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents

Example: "The process of thinking"

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

A mental process that you are not directly aware of

Example: "The process of denial"

A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

Example: "A bony process"

A sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

Example: "Events now in process"