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Meanings

Refers to the steps, stages, or progression by which something happens or is achieved. Often used in technical, academic, and everyday contexts.

製せい品ひんの製せい造ぞう過か程ていを詳くわしく説せつ明めいします。
I will explain the manufacturing process of the product in detail.
この過か程ていを経へて、最さい終しゅう的てきな結けつ論ろんに至いたった。
We reached the final conclusion through this process.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉の過か程ていでin the course/process of ~
問もん題だい解かい決けつの過か程ていで新あたらしい方ほう法ほうを発はっ見けんした。
In the process of solving the problem, we discovered a new method.
過か程ていを経へるto go through a process
この製せい品ひんは多おおくの過か程ていを経へて完かん成せいした。
This product went through many processes before completion.
過か程ていをたどるto trace the process (of something)
研けん究きゅう者しゃは生せい物ぶつの進しん化かの過か程ていをたどっている。
The researcher is tracing the process of biological evolution.

Kanji

過overdo, exceed, go beyond
程extent, degree, law

Related words· 7

工こう程ていN1
工程 refers to concrete steps in a workflow, especially manufacturing, while 過程 is broader and covers any developmental or temporal progression.
プロセス
プロセス is a loanword common in business or IT contexts, while 過程 sounds more natural in formal or written Japanese for abstract developments.
経けい過かN2
経過 emphasizes the passage of time or how a situation has unfolded so far, whereas 過程 focuses on the stages or mechanism leading to a result.
段だん階かいN2
段階 refers to a single stage or phase within a progression, while 過程 refers to the whole sequence of stages taken together.

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経けい路ろN1
過程 refers generally to the stages a process goes through, while 経路 in this sense emphasizes the specific sequence of steps or channel a process passes along.
途と上じょうN1
過程 emphasizes the stages or steps of a process, while 途上 simply marks that something is still ongoing or unfinished.
道みちのり
過程 means the process or stages of something in general, while 道のり figuratively describes the journey or path toward a goal.

Don't confuse with

課か程ていN2
課程 (a course of study) and 過程 (a process or stage of development) are pronounced identically but refer to completely different concepts.
仮か定ていN2
過程 (かてい) means 'process' and is unrelated in meaning to 仮定 (かてい) 'assumption', despite sharing the same pronunciation.
行こう程ていN1
過程 means an abstract process or stage of development, unlike 行程 which is a concrete travel distance or route.

Word family· 17

処しょ理り過か程てい
process; processing steps
形けい成せい過か程てい
formation process; morphosis
成せい長ちょう過か程てい
growth process; developmental process
改かい革かく過か程てい
reform process
政せい治じ過か程てい
political process

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断だん熱ねつ過か程てい
adiabatic process
普ふ及きゅう過か程てい
diffusion process
確かく率りつ過か程てい
stochastic process
製せい造ぞう過か程てい
manufacturing process; production process
選せん考こう過か程てい
selection process; screening process

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Etymology

Composed of 過 (pass through, exceed) and 程 (extent, degree), together conveying the idea of a course or progression. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination has been used in Chinese and Japanese to mean 'process' or 'course'.