processed

Verb

• subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
• deal with in a routine way
• perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information
  • "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech"
• institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
• march in a procession
  • "They processed into the dining room"
• shape, form, or improve a material
• deliver a warrant or summons to someone
  • "He was processed by the sheriff"
• simple past and past participle of process

Adjective Satellite

• subjected to a special process or treatment
  • "processed cheeses are easy to spread"

Adjective

• freed from impurities by processing; ; ; - Shakespeare
• prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process
  • "processed ores"

Adj

• That has completed a required process.
• Modified through manufacture such as refinement or food processing.

Examples

• "Processed foods are of dubious nutritional value."
• "The bank returned her processed application by mail."
• "The processed data can now be used to generate statistics."

Synonyms

action, litigate, march, process, refined, serve, sue, swear out, treat, work, work on, manufactured

Antonyms

unprocessed, unrefined, modified through manufacture

Related Words

synthetic