process
/ˈprəʊses/
/ˈprɑːses/ verb [T] Definition
CHEMICALS › to add chemicals to a substance, especially food, in order to change it or make it last longer: processed food
INFORMATION › to deal with information or documents in an official way: Visa applications take 28 days to process.
COMPUTER › When a computer processes data (= information), it does things to it so that it can be used and understood
processing noun [U] › data processing(Definition of process verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse the Dictionary
Browse the Thesaurus
More Results for “process”
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
