1 a series of things that are done in order to achieve a particular result:
the Middle East peace process * a consultation process * to begin the difficult process of reforming the education system * I'm afraid getting things changed will be a slow process. * cognitive / mental processes * Coming off the drug was a long and painful (= difficult) process for him. * Find which food you are allergic to by a process of elimination. * We're in the process of selling our house. * I was moving some furniture and I twisted my ankle in the process (= while I was doing it).
2 a series of things that happen, especially ones that result in natural changes:
the digestive / ageing process * It's a normal part of the learning process.
3 a method of doing or making sth, especially one that is used in industry:
manufacturing processes * a new process for rustproofing car bodies
verb [VN]
1 to treat raw material, food, etc. in order to change it, preserve it, etc:
Most of the food we buy is processed in some way. * processed cheese * I sent three rolls of film away to be processed. * a sewage processing plant
2 to deal officially with a document, request, etc:
It will take a week for your application to be processed.
3 (computing) to perform a series of operations on data in a computer
processing noun [U]:
a course on colour photography and processing * the food processing industry
seealsoDATAPROCESSING, WORDPROCESSING
Part of speech: verb
[V+adv./prep.] (formal) to walk or move along slowly in, or as if in, a procession:
The bishop, priests and deacons processed slowly through the cathedral.
seealsoPROCESS
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