processed
English
Etymology
process + -ed
Pronunciation
Adjective as well as verb form of ˈprocess (“to perform a process, etc.”)
- (General American) enPR: prŏsʹĕst, IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑsɛst/, /ˈpɹɑsəst/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊsɛst/
- (Canada, rarely US) enPR: prōʹsĕst, IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊsɛst/, /pɹoʊsəst/
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Verb form of proˈcess (“to walk in a procession”)
- enPR: prə-sĕstʹ, IPA(key): /pɹəˈsɛst/
- Rhymes: -ɛst
All senses:
- Hyphenation: pro‧cessed
Adjective
processed (comparative more processed, superlative most processed)
- That has completed a required process.
- The processed data can now be used to generate statistics.
- The bank returned her processed application by mail.
- Modified through manufacture such as refinement or food processing.
- Processed foods are of dubious nutritional value.
- 1997, Carlin, George, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, LCCN 96-52373, OCLC 36084460, OL 26335012M, page 80:
- You know why I stopped eating processed foods? I began to picture the people who might be processing them.
Synonyms
- (modified through manufacture): refined, manufactured
Antonyms
- unprocessed
- (modified through manufacture): natural
Derived terms
- processed cheese
- processed foods
See also
- synthetic
Verb
processed
- simple past tense and past participle of process