process

proc|ess1 [ `prases ] noun count ***

1. ) a series of things that happen and have a particular result:

We use drugs to speed up the healing process.

process of: Changes occur in the body because of the process of aging.

a ) a series of actions that have a particular result:

Learning a language is a slow process.

process of: the complex process of legally changing your name

peace process (=a set of actions designed to achieve peace): talks aimed at restarting the Middle East peace process

b ) a series of actions used to make a product, or to treat it with chemicals:

an industrial process

2. ) LEGAL an official document ordering you to take part in a case in a court of law

in the process of doing something

used to say that someone is or was doing something at the time you were talking about:

They were in the process of moving their headquarters from Chicago to Silicon Valley.

=> ELIMINATION

process

proc|ess 2 [ `prases ] verb transitive **

1. ) to deal with a document officially so that something can happen:

28,000 applications for travel visas have still to be processed.

2. ) to put information into a computer in order to organize it:

Data is processed as it is received.

3. ) to treat a substance with chemicals or machines in order to make something:

the development of a new facility for processing nuclear fuel

a ) to make photographs from FILM by treating it with chemicals

4. ) to add chemicals or other substances to food, for example to keep it fresh for a long time:

processed cheese/meat

╾ processing noun uncount:

the food processing industry

There have been some delays with the processing of planning applications.

process

proc|ess 3 [ pra`ses ] verb intransitive FORMAL

to move in a very slow formal way, especially in a procession