5 : legal action
6 : a mandate issued by a court; especially : SUMMONS
7 : a projecting part of an organism or organic structure
Synonyms
course, operation, procedure, proceeding; also fashion, manner, method, mode, style, system, technique, way; approach, blueprint, design, game plan, layout, plan, plot, program, scheme, strategy; accomplishment, achievement, attainment, enterprise, performance, undertaking, work; activity, functioning, movement
2process verb : to subject to a special process
pro·ces·sion noun 1 : a group of individuals moving along in an orderly often ceremonial way
2 : continuous forward movement
Synonyms
advance, advancement, furtherance, headway, march, onrush, passage, process, progress, progression—more at ADVANCE
pro·ces·sion·al noun 1 : music for a procession
2 : a ceremonial procession
pro·ces·sor noun 1 : one that processes
2 : CPU
pro–choice adjective : favoring the legalization of abortion
pro·claim verb : to make known publicly : DECLARE
Synonyms
advertise, announce, blaze, broadcast, declare, enunciate, placard, post, promulgate, publicize, publish, sound—more at ANNOUNCE
proc·la·ma·tion noun : an official public announcement
pro·cliv·i·ty noun, plural -ties : an inherent inclination esp. toward something objectionable
Synonyms
bent, devices, disposition, genius, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, propensity, tendency, turn
pro·con·sul noun 1 : a governor or military commander of an ancient Roman province
2 : an administrator in a modern colony or occupied area
— pro·con·su·lar adjective
pro·cras·ti·nate verb -nat·ed; -nat·ing [ORIGIN: L procrastinare, fr. pro- forward + crastinus of tomorrow, fr. cras tomorrow]
: to put off usu. habitually doing something that should be done
— pro·cras·ti·na·tion noun
— pro·cras·ti·na·tor noun
pro·cre·ate verb -at·ed; -at·ing : to beget or bring forth offspring
— pro·cre·ation noun
— pro·cre·ative adjective
— pro·cre·ator noun
Synonyms
breed, multiply, propagate, reproduce; also bear, beget, engender, generate, get, mother, parent, produce, sire; hatch, spawn
pro·crus·te·an adjective, often cap [ORIGIN: fr. Procrustes, villain of Greek mythology who made victims fit his bed by stretching them or cutting off their legs]
: marked by arbitrary often ruthless disregard of individual differences or special circumstances
proc·tor noun : one appointed to supervise students (as at an examination)
— proctor verb
— proc·to·ri·al adjective
proc·u·ra·tor noun 1 : one that manages another's affairs
2 : a Roman provincial administrator
pro·cur·able adjective : capable of being procured
Synonyms
accessible, acquirable, attainable, available, obtainable—more at AVAILABLE
pro·cure verb pro·cured; pro·cur·ing 1 : to get possession of : obtain by particular care and effort
2 : to make women available for promiscuous sexual intercourse
3 : ACHIEVE
— pro·cure·ment noun
— pro·cur·er noun
Synonyms
acquire, attain, capture, carry, draw, earn, gain, garner, get, land, make, obtain, realize, secure, win—more at EARN
1prod verb prod·ded; prod·ding 1 : to thrust a pointed instrument into : GOAD
2 : to incite to action
— prod noun
Synonyms
egg, encourage, exhort, goad, press,