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processed

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As an adjective, processed means that has completed a required process.

Meanings of processed

5 meanings

adjective

  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.”

  3. Subjected to a special process or treatment

    “processed cheeses are easy to spread”

  4. Freed from impurities by processing

    “refined sugar”

    “refined oil”

    “to gild refined gold”

    Similar: refined
  5. Prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process

    “processed ores”

verb

Simple past tense and past participle of process

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: freed from impurities by processing
Oppositesunprocessed

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