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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

process, physical process go
a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

human process go
a process in which human beings are involved

linguistic process
a process involved in human language

noun.process

11 Subcategories

agglutination go
the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining
assimilation go
a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
derivation go
(descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation
dissimilation go
a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other
drift go
a process of linguistic change over a period of time
fusion go
the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words
infection go
(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
lexicalization, lexicalisation go
the process of making a word to express a concept
metathesis go
a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence
omission, deletion go
any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
syneresis, synaeresis go
the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong