process: [14] Latin prōcēdere meant ‘go forward’: it was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō- ‘forward’ and cēdere ‘go’ (source of English cede, concede, etc), and has given English proceed [14] and procedure [17]. Its past participle prōcessus was used as a noun meaning ‘advance, progress, lapse of time’. This passed via Old French proces into English, where the notion of something ‘advancing during a period of time’ led in the 17th century to the word’s main modern sense ‘set of operations for doing something’. Procession [12] comes from the Latin derivative prōcessiō. => accede, cede, concede, exceed, precede, proceed, procession
process (v.1)
1530s, "begin legal action against," from Middle French processer "to prosecute," from proces (see process (n.)). Meaning "prepare by special process" is from 1881, from the noun in English. Of persons, "to register and examine," by 1935. Related: Processed; processing.
process (n.)
early 14c., "fact of being carried on" (as in in process), from Old French proces "a journey; continuation, development; legal trial" (13c.) and directly from Latin processus "a going forward, advance, progress," from past participle stem of procedere "go forward" (see proceed).
Meaning "course or method of action" is from mid-14c.; sense of "continuous series of actions meant to accomplish some result" (the main modern sense) is from 1620s. Legal sense of "course of action of a suit at law" is attested from early 14c.
process (v.2)
"to go in procession," 1814, "A colloquial or humorous back-formation" from procession [OED]. Accent on second syllable.
例文
1. The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.
心の奥底からあらゆる苦しみに耐えられる強い力を見つけると、あなたの成長過程は飛躍します。
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2.He said parliament and the process of democracy had been debased.
彼は議会と民主的な手続きが切り下げられたと言った。
3.The process is not a circle but rather a spiral.
このプロセスは円周運動ではなく螺旋上昇型である。
4.It 'll be two years before the process is complete.
このプロセスを完了するには2年かかります。
5.He has direct experience of the process of privatisation.