Search for synonyms and antonyms

Processing and Turned

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.
turned

verb

  • Change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.
    • usage: "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"
  • Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.
    • usage: "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
  • Undergo a change or development.
    • usage: "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"
  • Cause to move around or rotate.
    • usage: "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way"
  • Change to the contrary.
    • usage: "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
  • Pass to the other side of.
    • usage: "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle"
  • Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become.
    • usage: "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
  • Let (something) fall or spill from a container.
    • usage: "turn the flour onto a plate"
  • Move around an axis or a center.
    • usage: "The wheels are turning"
  • Cause to move around a center so as to show another side of.
    • usage: "turn a page of a book"
  • To send or let go.
    • usage: "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion"
  • To break and turn over earth especially with a plow.
    • usage: "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"
  • Shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel.
    • usage: "turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel"
  • Change color.
    • usage: "In Vermont, the leaves turn early"
  • Twist suddenly so as to sprain.
    • usage: "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"
  • Cause to change or turn into something different; assume new characteristics.
    • usage: "The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him"; "The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold"
  • Accomplish by rotating.
    • usage: "turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels"
  • Get by buying and selling.
    • usage: "the company turned a good profit after a year"
  • Cause to move along an axis or into a new direction.
    • usage: "turn your face to the wall"; "turn the car around"; "turn your dance partner around"
  • Channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something.
    • usage: "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium"
  • Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form.
    • usage: "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
  • Alter the functioning or setting of.
    • usage: "turn the dial to 10"; "turn the heat down"
  • Direct at someone.
    • usage: "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car"
  • Have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to.
    • usage: "She called on her Representative to help her"; "She turned to her relatives for help"
  • Go sour or spoil.
    • usage: "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned-we have to throw it out"
  • Become officially one year older.
    • usage: "She is turning 50 this year"

adjective

  • Moved around an axis or center.
  • In an unpalatable state.
    • usage: "sour milk"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(imp.&p.p.) of Turn.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Processing and Turned in Power Thesaurus