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verb/ˈprəʊses/
/ˈprɑːses/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they process | /ˈprəʊses/ /ˈprɑːses/ |
| he / she / it processes | /ˈprəʊsesɪz/ /ˈprɑːsesɪz/ |
| past simple processed | /ˈprəʊsest/ /ˈprɑːsest/ |
| past participle processed | /ˈprəʊsest/ /ˈprɑːsest/ |
| -ing form processing | /ˈprəʊsesɪŋ/ /ˈprɑːsesɪŋ/ |
- [often passive] to treat raw material, food, etc. in order to change it, preserve it, etc.
- (be) processed Most of the food we buy is processed in some way.
- Soya bean oil is found in hundreds of processed foods.
- processed cheese/meats
- Many of these foods are made from highly processed ingredients.
- process something into something The berries are processed into juice or sauce.
- process something for something For many years he grew and processed flax for linen.
Extra Examples- When food is processed, many of the nutrients are stripped away.
- The plant is then processed for dye.
- The rice is specially processed to simplify cooking biryani at home
- highly processed foods
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- efficiently
- specially
- correctly
- …
- by
- for
- into
- …
- highly processed
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- [often passive] process something to deal officially with a document, request, etc.
- It will take a week for your application to be processed.
- [often passive] process something (computing) to perform a series of operations on data in a computer
- The image is processed digitally by computer software.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- efficiently
- specially
- correctly
- …
- by
- for
- into
- …
- highly processed
- to understand the meaning of something that has happened or been said
- process something My brain slowly processed the fact that I was free to leave.
- process what, how, etc… It was a second later when I fully processed what he had said.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French proces, from Latin processus ‘progression, course’, from the verb procedere, from pro- ‘forward’ + cedere ‘go’. Current senses of the verb date from the late 19th cent.
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