processed
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verb
- To perform a particular process on a thing.
- To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.“We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions.”
- To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.“I didn't know she had a criminal record. That will take me a while to process.”
- To develop photographic film.
verb
- To walk in a procession
adjective
- That has completed a required process.“The bank returned her processed application by mail.”
- Modified through manufacture such as refinement or food processing.“Processed foods are of dubious nutritional value.”
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manufacturedrefinedclarifiedpreparedcomputerizedpolishedrubberizedrubberisedmilledcuredsemi-processedvulcanizedseriesconversionanalyzedmodifiedconverted