processed

English

Etymology

From process +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

Adjective as well as verb form of ˈprocess (“to perform a process, etc.”)

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊsɛst/
• (General American) enPR: prŏsʹĕst, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑsɛst/, /ˈpɹɑsəst/
• (Canada, rarely US) enPR: prōʹsĕst, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊsɛst/, /pɹoʊsəst/

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)

1. That has completed a required process.

   The processed data can now be used to generate statistics.

   The bank returned her processed application by mail.

2. Modified through manufacture such as refinement or food processing.

   Processed foods are of dubious nutritional value.

   • 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings‎^[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, 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

• cryo-processed
• Dutch-processed
• processed cheese
• processed foods
• ultra-processed

 

See also

• synthetic

Verb

processed

1. simple past and past participle of process