Standard Lemma guide

processed

adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊsɛst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: prŏsʹĕst
  • General-American: /ˈpɹɑsɛst/
  • General-American: /ˈpɹɑsəst/
  • Canada, US, rare: prōʹsĕst
  • Canada, US, rare: /ˈpɹoʊsɛst/
  • Canada, US, rare: /pɹoʊsəst/
  • prə-sĕstʹ
  • /pɹəˈsɛst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛst
  • CMU ARPABET: P R AA1 S EH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

That has completed a required process.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The processed data can now be used to generate statistics.
  • The bank returned her processed application by mail.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Modified through manufacture such as refinement or food processing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Processed foods are of dubious nutritional value.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of process

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • processed ores

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unprocessed

5

adjective

Meaning 5

freed from impurities by processing- Shakespeare

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • refined sugar
  • refined oil
  • to gild refined gold

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: refined

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

subjected to a special process or treatment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • prepared ergot
  • processed cheeses are easy to spread

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English process Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English processed From process + -ed.

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