0 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.
This decision may delay the process of European unification.
The party has begun the painful (= difficult) process of rethinking its policies and strategy.
Going to court to obtain compensation is a long process.
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).
the digestive process
the ageing process
They have developed a new process for extracting aluminium from bauxite.
1 to deal with documents in an official way:
Visa applications take 28 days to process.
Returning soldiers need time to process what they have experienced in combat.
I need to get those films processed.
3 a series of actions or events performed to make something or achieve a particular result, or a series of changes that happen naturally:
4 to deal with something according to a particular set of actions:
5 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
a disciplinary/hiring/selection process
improve/speed up/streamline a process
6 a method of producing goods in a particular industry:
an industrial/manufacturing/production process
7 to have started doing something:
We're in the process of reviewing the court's decision and evaluating our response.
8 if something is happening, and something else happens in the process, the second thing happens as a result of the first:
9 to change raw materials, for example by adding chemicals or other substances to them, as part of the production of goods:
11 if a computer processes data, it uses a set of instructions to organize it and produce a particular result:
Warm air rises by the process of convection.
Her conversion to Buddhism was a very gradual 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.
It usually takes about four weeks to get the forms processed.
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