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Definition of natural language processing noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

natural language processing

noun

/ˌnætʃrəl ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ prəʊsesɪŋ/

/ˌnætʃrəl ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ prɑːsesɪŋ/

[uncountable]

(abbreviation NLP)

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the use of computers to process natural languages, for example for translating

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