Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

processed

/ˈpɹɑsɛst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables: pro-cessed
IPA: /ˈpɹɑsɛst/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That has completed a required process.

adj

Modified through manufacture such as refinement or food processing.

verb

simple past and past participle of process

Example Sentences

"The processed data can now be used to generate statistics."
"The bank returned her processed application by mail."
"Processed foods are of dubious nutritional value."
"You know why I stopped eating processed foods? I began to picture the people who might be processing them."
"Of the 10 ultraprocessed food categories they looked at, two were clearly associated with greater risk: sugar-sweetened drinks (like soda and fruit punch) and processed meat, poultry and fish (like bacon, hot dogs, breaded fish products, chicken sausages and salami sandwiches)."

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.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɹɑsɛst/
British English: /ˈpɹəʊsɛst/

Inflected Forms

more processed (comparative) most processed (superlative)

Derived Forms

hydroprocessed hyperprocessed immunoprocessed microprocessed nonprocessed semiprocessed ultraprocessed

Phrases

cryo-processed Dutch-processed processed cheese processed food processed meat ultra-processed ultra-processed food

Frequently Paired Words

synthetic

Synonyms

refined manufactured

Antonyms

unprocessed modified through manufacture

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce processed?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɹɑsɛst/.
What does processed mean?: That has completed a required process.
Where does processed come from?: 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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