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单词 process
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processnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈprəʊ.ses/us/ˈprɑː.ses/

B2 a series of actions that you take in order to achieve a result:

the peace process
Increasing the number of women in top management jobs will be a slow process.
This decision may delay the process of European unification.
The party has begun the painful (= difficult) process of rethinking its policies and strategy.
Going to court to obtain compensation is a long process.
She arrived at the correct answer by a process of elimination (= by deciding against each answer that was unlikely to be correct until only one was left).

B2 a series of changes that happen naturally:

the digestive process
the ageing process
It's all part of the learning process.

a method of producing goods in a factory by treating natural substances:

They have developed a new process for extracting aluminium from bauxite.

More examples

  • 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.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

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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Making progress and advancing
Industrial processing

Idiom(s)

be in the process of doing sth
in the process

processverb

uk/ˈprəʊ.ses/us/ˈprɑː.ses/

process verb (DEAL WITH)

B2 [ T ] to deal with documents in an official way:

Visa applications take 28 days to process.

[ 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:

a waste processing plant

[ T ] to think about a difficult or sad situation so that you can gradually accept it:

Returning soldiers need time to process what they have experienced in combat.

[ T ] to make pictures from photographic film:

I need to get those films processed.

More examples

  • 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.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

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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Photography
Computer concepts
Industrial processing
Preserving & storing food

process verb (WALK)

usuk/prəˈses/[ I + adv/prep ] mainly UK formal to walk slowly:

We watched them process down the aisle.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Moving gently on foot

  • amble
  • blow
  • gently
  • meander
  • mince
  • mincing
  • mooch
  • mosey
  • plod
  • potter
  • promenade
  • putter
  • saunter
  • slink
  • slunk
  • stroll
  • stroller
  • tiptoe
  • wander
processing
noun [ U ] uk/ˈprəʊ.ses.ɪŋ/us/ˈprɑː.ses.ɪŋ/

data processing

processnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈprəʊses/us/ˈprɑːses/

a series of actions that are needed in order to do something or achieve a result:

Management recognizes it is important to get the process right even if it means delaying the project start date.
consultation/decision-making/planning process The role offers the opportunity to be a part of the company's decision-making process.
approval/evaluation/inspection process
complete/finish/start a process
a disciplinary/hiring/selection process
improve/speed up/streamline a process

PRODUCTION a method of producing goods in a particular industry:

an industrial/manufacturing/production process
be in the process of doing sth

to have started doing something:

We're in the process of reviewing the court's decision and evaluating our response.
in the process

if something is happening, and something else happens in the process, the second thing happens as a result of the first:

A clash with their main supplier means they won't be able to honour their contracts and will lose millions of pounds in the process.
See also
due process
four-colour process

processverb [ T ]

uk/ˈprəʊses/us/ˈprɑːses/

PRODUCTION to change raw materials, for example by adding chemicals or other substances to them, as part of the production of goods:

The two new oil refineries will be able to process 250,000 barrels of crude a day.

to deal with documents in an official way:

process applications/claims/orders Insurance claims may take up to 30 days to process.

IT if a computer processes data, it uses a set of instructions to organize it and produce a particular result:

A bug in the system was preventing it from processing digital image files.
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