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process

verb (DEAL WITH)
 
 

Definition

B2
 
/ˈprəʊ.ses/
 
US  /ˈprɑː-/ [T]
to deal with documents in an official way:
Visa applications take 28 days to process.Dealing with things or peopleActing and actsCoping and not copingTolerating and enduring
 
/ˈprəʊ.ses/
 
US  /ˈprɑː-/ [T]
If a computer processes information, it performs a particular series of operations on the information, such as a set of calculations.
PhotographyComputer concepts
 
 
[T]
to prepare, change, or treat food or natural substances as a part of an industrial operation:
a waste processing plantIndustrial processingPreserving and storing food
 
 
[T]
to make pictures from photographic film:
I need to get those films processed.Photography
processing
 
 
/-ɪŋ/ noun [U]
data processingComputer concepts
(Definition of process verb (DEAL WITH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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