postprocess

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verb

To process after other processing has been completed.

“He's been postprocessing all morning. He hopes to finish today.”

Opposite
preprocess
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Meanings

verbpostprocess (third-person singular simple present postprocesses, present participle postprocessing, simple past and past participle postprocessed)

present singular third person postprocesses · participle present postprocessing · participle past postprocessed · past postprocessed · alternative post-process

  1. intransitiveTo process after other processing has been completed.

    He's been postprocessing all morning. He hopes to finish today.

    Antonyms: preprocess

  2. transitiveTo subject to postprocessing.

    He's been postprocessing the 3D-printed housing by doing certain grinding and polishing steps.

    2 more examples

    She has to postprocess the CAD/CAM file, to prepare it for the relevant machine, before she can post it.

    We postprocess three-dimensional GRMHD models of a jet-producing radiatively inefficient accretion flow around a spinning black hole using relativistic radiative transfer and ray-tracing to produce model spectra and images.

    2015, Monika Moscibrodzka, Heino Falcke, Hotaka Shiokawa, “GRMHD simulations of the jet in M87”, in arXiv

    Antonyms: preprocess

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo process after other processing has been completed.

Opposite
preprocess

verbTo subject to postprocessing.

Opposite
preprocess

Origin

From post- + process.

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Translations

Spanish postprocesar, postprocesar
  • postprocesarto process after other processes have been completed
  • postprocesarto subject to postprocessing
Vietnamese hậu xử lý, xử lý hậu kỳ
  • hậu xử lýto process after other processes have been completed
  • xử lý hậu kỳto process after other processes have been completed
  • hậu xử lýto subject to postprocessing
  • xử lý hậu kỳto subject to postprocessing
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MLA

“postprocess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postprocess. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postprocess,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postprocess.

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