noun
preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure (Freq. 2)
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the processing of newly arrived immigrants
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the processing of ore to obtain minerals
• Derivationally related forms: ↑process
• Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑physical process
• Hyponyms:
↑blowing, ↑data processing, ↑development, ↑developing, ↑refining, ↑refinement, ↑purification, ↑vulcanization, ↑vulcanisation
Useful english dictionary. 2012.