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How to spell process

Process is spelled P-R-O-C-E-S-S. It ends -CESS, like recess: a single C, then a double S.

hear itpro·cess/'prɑsɛs/nounSounds

What it means: A series of actions taken to achieve a result.

In a sentence: Baking cookies is a fun process.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double s.

Same family: processes, processed, processing, procession, processor. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The noun "process" comes from Latin *processus*, meaning a going forward or advance; in anatomy and botany, it was later used for any part that ‘sticks out’ or projects from the main body.

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