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Definition of process 2 verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

process2

verb
 
/prəˈses/
 
/prəˈses/
[intransitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they process
 
/prəˈses/
 
/prəˈses/
he / she / it processes
 
/prəˈsesɪz/
 
/prəˈsesɪz/
past simple processed
 
/prəˈsest/
 
/prəˈsest/
past participle processed
 
/prəˈsest/
 
/prəˈsest/
-ing form processing
 
/prəˈsesɪŋ/
 
/prəˈsesɪŋ/
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  1. + adv./prep. to walk or move along slowly in, or as if in, a procession
    • The bishop, priests and deacons processed slowly through the cathedral.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • efficiently
    • specially
    • correctly
    preposition
    • by
    • for
    • into
    phrases
    • highly processed
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    Word Originearly 19th cent.: back-formation from procession.
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