process

1 noun (C)

1 a series of natural developments or events that produce gradual change: Coal was formed out of dead forests by a slow process of chemical change. | the digestive process

2 a series of actions that someone takes in order to achieve a particular result: Teaching him to read was a slow process. | the electoral process | by a process of elimination (=by proving that no other possibility is true): The identity of the dead man was established by a process of elimination.

3 be in the process of doing sth/be in process to have started doing something and not yet be finished: The company is in the process of moving to new offices. | New guidelines are in process.

4 a system or a treatment of materials that is used to produce goods: an advanced industrial process

5 in the process while you are doing something or something is happening: Katie jumped out of the tree, spraining her ankle in the process.

6 technical a legal case, considered as a series of actions

—see also: due process 2 verb (T)

1 to treat food or some other substance by adding substances to give it colour, keep it fresh etc: processed cheese

2 to print a picture from a photographic film

3 to deal with a document: Your application for a mortgage is being processed.

4 to put information into a computer to be examined

—see also: data processing, word processor 3 verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move in a procession, or to move very slowly and seriously