Significato di process in inglese

process

noun [ C ]

/ˈprəʊ.ses/ us

/ˈprɑː.ses/

process noun [C] (SERIES OF ACTIONS)

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a series of actions that you take in order to achieve a result:

the peace process

Increasing the number of women in top management jobs will be a slow process.

process of This decision may delay the process of European unification.

painful process The party has begun the painful (= difficult) process of rethinking its policies and strategy.

Going to court to obtain compensation is a long process.

process of elimination She arrived at the correct answer by a process of elimination (= by deciding against each answer that was unlikely to be correct until only one was left).

a series of changes that happen naturally:

the digestive process

the ageing process

It's all part of the learning process.

a method of producing goods in a factory by treating natural substances:

They have developed a new process for extracting aluminium from bauxite.

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Warm air rises by the process of convection.
Her conversion to Buddhism was a very gradual process.
Repairing damaged nerves is a very delicate process.
An enzyme in the saliva of the mouth starts the process of breaking down the food.
A refining process is used to extract usable fuel from crude oil.

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Ways of achieving things

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Making progress and advancing

Industrial processing

process noun [C] (BODY PART)

biology, medical specialized

a part inside the body that grows out from another part or is attached to another part:

The xiphoid process is a small, bony projection at the lower end of the breastbone.

The pain may run up to the ear or around the mastoid process.

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Substances & structures in the body

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Espressioni idiomatiche

be in the process of doing something

in the process

process

verb

/ˈprəʊ.ses/ us

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process verb (DEAL WITH)

B2 [ T ]

to deal with documents in an official way:

Visa applications take 28 days to process.

[ T ]

If a computer processes information, it performs a particular series of operations on the information, such as a set of calculations.

[ T ]

to prepare, change, or treat food or natural substances as a part of an industrial operation:

a waste processing plant

[ T ]

to think about a difficult or sad situation so that you can gradually accept it:

Returning soldiers need time to process what they have experienced in combat.

[ T ]

to make pictures from photographic film:

I need to get those films processed.

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It usually takes about four weeks to get the forms processed.
Don't switch the computer off - it's still processing data.
Sugar is obtained by crushing and processing sugar cane.
I've sent off the film to be processed.
They processed my claim really quickly.

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Dealing with things or people

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Photography

Computer concepts

Industrial processing

Preserving & storing food

Thinking and contemplating

process verb (WALK)

[ I + adv/prep ] mainly UK formal uk

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to walk slowly:

We watched them process down the aisle.

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Moving gently on foot

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Parola affine

processing

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process

noun [ C ]

/ˈprɑs·es, ˈproʊ·ses/

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a series of actions or events performed to make something or achieve a particular result, or a series of changes that happen naturally:

Completing his degree at night was a long process.

Graying hair is part of the aging process.

We are still in the process of redecorating the house (= working to decorate it).

A process is also a method of doing or making something, as in industry:

A new process has been developed for removing asbestos.

process

verb [ T ]

/ˈprɑs·es, ˈproʊ·ses/

to deal with something according to a particular set of actions:

Your insurance claim will take about a month to process.

If a computer processes information, it performs a series of operations on it.

To process food or raw materials is to prepare, change, or treat them as part of an industrial operation.

(Definizione di process dal Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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process

noun [ C ]

/ˈprəʊses/ us

/ˈprɑːses/

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a series of actions that are needed in order to do something or achieve a result:

Management recognizes it is important to get the process right even if it means delaying the project start date.

consultation/decision-making/planning process The role offers the opportunity to be a part of the company's decision-making process.

approval/evaluation/inspection process

complete/finish/start a process

a disciplinary/hiring/selection process

improve/speed up/streamline a process

PRODUCTION

a method of producing goods in a particular industry:

an industrial/manufacturing/production process

be in the process of doing sth

to have started doing something:

We're in the process of reviewing the court's decision and evaluating our response.

in the process

if something is happening, and something else happens in the process, the second thing happens as a result of the first:

A clash with their main supplier means they won't be able to honour their contracts and will lose millions of pounds in the process.

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due process

four-colour process

process

verb [ T ]

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/ˈprɑːses/

PRODUCTION

to change raw materials, for example by adding chemicals or other substances to them, as part of the production of goods:

The two new oil refineries will be able to process 250,000 barrels of crude a day.

to deal with documents in an official way:

process applications/claims/orders Insurance claims may take up to 30 days to process.

if a computer processes data, it uses a set of instructions to organize it and produce a particular result:

A bug in the system was preventing it from processing digital image files.

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Esempi di process

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Repeating this process with a sample group permits the efficient collection of a substantial data set concerning underlying preferences.

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The process converges to a unique absorbing state in which all players cooperate.

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While associations are more visible, low-profile activity by individual business players has been geared towards influencing the policymaking process from within.

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The learning processes in both the sagittal and frontal planes are carried out simultaneously.

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These solutions provide qualitative insight for the process of secondary oil recovery if the polymer concentration of liquid injected into the reservoir varies with time.

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Considering the high grade of preservation, the mineral formation process was probably a relatively quick event.

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These two processes have not been adequately represented by rice growth simulation models.

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However, there is a sharp distinction between the mechanisms posited by repression and the processes thought to underlie ordinary forgetting.

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It is a multi-faceted process in that records will be linked by person, by place and by ordinary (or bishop).

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They generalize the ordinary dynamical systems and stochastic processes.

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Because instrumented code is (almost) ordinary source, it can be processed by the ordinary compiler.

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As a result, philosophical modernity assumes that human beings are merely a higher form of animal life resulting from a slow evolutionary process.

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The location of sulci could nonetheless be determined by referring to the photographs taken during each stage of the flatmounting process.

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The six papers that make up this issue have been selected purely on the basis of the formal refereeing process.

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acceleration process

The standard dephasing limit and the electron acceleration process are briefly discussed.

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accreditation process

The study population is distinctive in two respects : their participation in the accreditation process and that they complete with a formal qualification.

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adjudication process

They were informed that their child's participation in the project would in no way influence his treatment at the detention center or his legal standing in the adjudication process.

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