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operation
the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 9
- Starts with
- O
- Ends with
- N
- Contains
- PERATIO
- Scrabble score
- 11
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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noun
the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
“her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride”
noun
a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
“they organized a rescue operation”
noun
a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
“the operations in building a house”
noun
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
“they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available”
noun
(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
“the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation”
noun
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
“it was a joint operation of the navy and air force”
noun
a business especially one run on a large scale
“a large-scale farming operation”
noun
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
“the process of thinking”
noun
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
“it can perform millions of operations per second”
noun
process or manner of functioning or operating
“the power of its engine determines its operation”
noun
the state of being in effect or being operative
“that rule is no longer in operation”
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Example Sentences
her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride
they organized a rescue operation
the biggest police operation in French history
running a restaurant is quite an operation
consolidate the companies various operations
the operations in building a house
certain machine tool operations
they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available
he died while undergoing surgery
the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation
they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic
it was a joint operation of the navy and air force
a large-scale farming operation
a multinational operation
they paid taxes on every stage of the operation
they had to consolidate their operations
the process of thinking
the cognitive operation of remembering
it can perform millions of operations per second
the power of its engine determines its operation
the plane's operation in high winds
they compared the cooking performance of each oven
the jet's performance conformed to high standards
that rule is no longer in operation
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