processnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈprəʊ.ses/us/ˈprɑː.ses/B2 a series of actions that you take in order to achieve a result:
B2 a series of changes that happen naturally:
a method of producing goods in a factory by treating natural substances:
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- Warm air rises by the process of convection.
- Her conversion to Buddhism was a very gradual process.
- Repairing damaged nerves is a very delicate process.
- An enzyme in the saliva of the mouth starts the process of breaking down the food.
- A refining process is used to extract usable fuel from crude oil.
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Ways of achieving things
- a means to an end idiom
- actively
- another
- approach
- avenue
- basis
- fair
- jump
- mean
- medium
- mixed media
- modality
- modus operandi
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed
- resort
- vein
- what's the drill for sth? idiom
- whereby
- workings
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Idiom(s)
processverb
uk/ˈprəʊ.ses/us/ˈprɑː.ses/process verb (DEAL WITH)
B2 [ T ] to deal with documents in an official way:
[ T ] If a computer processes information, it performs a particular series of operations on the information, such as a set of calculations.
[ T ] to prepare, change, or treat food or natural substances as a part of an industrial operation:
[ T ] to think about a difficult or sad situation so that you can gradually accept it:
[ T ] to make pictures from photographic film:
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- It usually takes about four weeks to get the forms processed.
- Don't switch the computer off - it's still processing data.
- Sugar is obtained by crushing and processing sugar cane.
- I've sent off the film to be processed.
- They processed my claim really quickly.
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Dealing with things or people
- attend to sb/sth
- beard the lion (in his/her den) idiom
- come up against sth
- come/get to grips with sth idiom
- confront
- cut
- firefight
- firefighting
- get sth in
- inherit
- jump-start
- overcome
- reckon
- reckon with sb/sth
- see about sth
- see to sth/sb
- set about sth
- square
- turn
- weather
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process verb (WALK)
usuk/prəˈses/[ I + adv/prep ] mainly UK formal to walk slowly:
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Moving gently on foot
- amble
- blow
- gently
- meander
- mince
- mincing
- mooch
- mosey
- plod
- potter
- promenade
- putter
- saunter
- slink
- slunk
- stroll
- stroller
- tiptoe
- wander