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Processing and Being

processing

noun

  • Preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure.
    • usage: "the processing of newly arrived immigrants"; "the processing of ore to obtain minerals"

verb

  • Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.
    • usage: "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill"
  • Deal with in a routine way.
    • usage: "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants"
  • Perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information.
    • usage: "The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech"
  • Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against.
    • usage: "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
  • March in a procession.
    • usage: "They processed into the dining room"
  • Shape, form, or improve a material.
    • usage: "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"
  • Deliver a warrant or summons to someone.
    • usage: "He was processed by the sheriff"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University

Processing are the steps a lender takes with your loan application to gather your information for underwriting. Processing involves building your file of information for your loan. Processing includes getting the credit report, appraisal, verification of employment, assets, etc.

(DoD) In photography, the operations necessary to produce negatives, diapositives, or prints from exposed films, plates, or paper.
(DoD) A system of operations designed to convert raw data into useful information.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
being

noun

  • The state or fact of existing.
    • usage: "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"
  • A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently.

verb

  • Have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun. )
    • usage: "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
    • synonyms: be
  • Be identical to; be someone or something.
    • usage: "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"
    • synonyms: be
  • Occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.
    • usage: "Where is my umbrella" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior"
    • synonyms: be
  • Have an existence, be extant.
    • usage: "Is there a God"
  • Happen, occur, take place.
    • usage: "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen"
    • synonyms: be
  • Be identical or equivalent to.
    • usage: "One dollar equals 1, 000 rubles these days"
  • Form or compose.
    • usage: "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
  • Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function.
    • usage: "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher"
  • Represent, as of a character on stage.
    • usage: "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
  • Spend or use time.
    • usage: "I may be an hour"
    • synonyms: be
  • Have life, be alive.
    • usage: "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
  • To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted - used only in infinitive form.
    • usage: "let her be"
    • synonyms: be
  • Be priced at.
    • usage: "These shoes cost $100"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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