outprocess
outprocess verb: to complete the required processes and paperwork in order to end a military tour of duty.
Verb
outprocess (third-person singular simple present outprocesses, present participle outprocessing, simple past and past participle outprocessed)
- To complete the required processes and paperwork in order to end a military tour of duty.
- When SGT Mclntyre Jr., loader, and SP4 Bologna, driver, had to leave to outprocess, SP4 Humphrey and SP4 Kemp were substituted as driver and loader and the crew went on to finish a perfect run, according to the company commander.1987, United States Cavalry Association, Armor - Volume 96, Issues 3-6, page 51
- We forwarded projected departure lists to various base agencies instead of asking each person to outprocess through each agency.1994, Michael P. Vriesenga, From the Line in the Sand, →ISBN, page 33
- To complete the paperwork for ending a contractual arrangement.
- Management generally prefers to notify and outprocess employees on the same day.1982, The Personnel Administrator - Volume 27, page 88
- She claims that she has had “problems with her loan package as they are constantly trying to outprocess her student loans,” “has experienced professors that refused to speak to her,” has had “a student approach her about her health,” and "was denied honors in a course because of this matter."1995, Americans with Disabilities Cases - Volume 4, page 929
- To process better or more efficiently.
- Why can we— a nation where people grow food and process food and distribute food only if they want to — why can we so consistently and so overwhelmingly outproduce, outprocess and outdistribute a nation where people are ordered to perform these functions . . . under threat of the severest penalties...1947, Super Market Institute, Proceedings of the annual convention, page 34
- As computers became faster and faster, people expected them to outprocess the human brain.1997, G. Lynne Snead, Joyce Wycoff, To Do Doing Done:, →ISBN
Noun
outprocess (plural outprocesses)
- The procedures and paperwork surrounding the termination of a military tour of duty.
- The day began with an organized outprocess consisting of thirteen points where personnel filled out mail cards and baggage tags, weighed baggage, received briefings, and bid farewell to their friends and families.1979, The Engineer - Volume 9, Issue 3 - Volume 10, Issue 3, page 20
- SSgt Weight was scheduled to return in two days at the completion of his annual tour and outprocess.1990, The Air Force Law Review, page 351
Examples of outprocess in a sentence
- "Soon as the base doc clears me, I outprocess for a well-earned retirement."2003, Jessica Hall, The Deepest Edge, →ISBN, page 64:
- Contributing to the problem was the surprise request from fab management to outprocess about 120 employees a week early.1996, Louise Moser Illes, Sizing Down: Chronicle of a Plant Closing, page 168:
- We defy nature to protect our physical and psychological integrity, relentlessly seeking to prove that we can outprocess our own biological identities.1999, Jeri Fink, Cyberseduction: Reality in the Age of Psychotechnology, page 172:
- Well, as somebody who demobilized, I didn't like the outprocesses very much myself, hanging out to do very little, I thought.2009, Examining the Department of Homeland Security's Efforts to Recruit, Hire, and Promote Veterans:
Forms of outprocess
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | outprocesses |
| present participle | outprocessing |
| past participle | outprocessed |
| past | outprocessed |
| alternative form | out-process |
| Noun | |
| plural | outprocesses |
Origin of outprocess
From out- + process.
Questions about outprocess
- What does outprocess mean?
- Outprocess means to complete the required processes and paperwork in order to end a military tour of duty.
- How do you use outprocess in a sentence?
- "Soon as the base doc clears me, I outprocess for a well-earned retirement."
- What part of speech is outprocess?
- Outprocess can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of outprocess?
- The past tense of outprocess is outprocessed.
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