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process
verb (DEAL WITH)Definition
B2
/ˈprəʊ.ses/
/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/
/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
/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/
/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
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