processprocess2 verb [transitiveT]1MANUFACTURING to change a substance as part of the manufacture of a productThe refineries are processing 1.4 million barrels of crude oil a day.
The paper will be processed from pineapple and banana leaves.
2to deal with a document in the usual wayThe service was started to help process copyright permissions more rapidly.
The Securities Industry Automation Corp. processes stock quotations from the major exchanges.
3COMPUTING if a computer processes information, figures etc, it uses them to produce a particular resultthe accounts are processed by the Systems Union Sun Account system.
facilities for changing, deleting and processing data
→ see also central processing unit