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word-processing

word-processing is the alternative form of word processing.

word-processing is the present participle and gerund of word-process.

Meaning of word processing

Noun

word processing (uncountable)

  1. The creation, input, editing and formatting of documents and other text using software on a computer.

Questions about word-processing

What is word-processing the alternative form of?
Word-processing is the alternative form of word processing.

Words near word-processing in the dictionary

  1. word-picture
  2. word-pictures
  3. word-process
  4. word-processed
  5. word-processes
  6. word-processing
  7. word-processor
  8. word-processors
  9. word-salad
  10. word-salads
  11. word-search

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Adapted from Wiktionary: word-processing (page history and authors); word processing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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