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process

21 definitions • 32 examples
1
a series of actions that you take in order to achieve a result:

Examples:

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).
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a series of changes that happen naturally:

Examples:

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

They have developed a new process for extracting aluminium from bauxite.
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to deal with documents in an official way:

Examples:

Visa applications take 28 days to process.
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to prepare, change, or treat food or natural substances as a part of an industrial operation:

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

Examples:

Returning soldiers need time to process what they have experienced in combat.
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to make pictures from photographic film:

Examples:

I need to get those films processed.
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to walk slowly:

Examples:

We watched them process down the aisle.
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a series of actions or events performed to make something or achieve a particular result, or a series of changes that happen naturally:

Examples:

Completing his degree at night was a long process.
Graying hair is part of the aging process.
We are still in the process of redecorating the house (= working to decorate it).
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A process is also a method of doing or making something, as in industry:

Examples:

A new process has been developed for removing asbestos.
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to deal with something according to a particular set of actions:

Examples:

Your insurance claim will take about a month to process.
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To process food or raw materials is to prepare, change, or treat them as part of an industrial operation.
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a series of actions that are needed in order to do something or achieve a result:

Examples:

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.
complete/finish/start a process
improve/speed up/streamline a process
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to have started doing something:

Examples:

We're in the process of reviewing the court's decision and evaluating our response.
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if something is happening, and something else happens in the process, the second thing happens as a result of the first:

Examples:

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

Examples:

The two new oil refineries will be able to process 250,000 barrels of crude a day.
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to deal with documents in an official way:

Examples:

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