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| 1. | [ noun ] the state of being in effect or being operative | |
| Examples: | "that rule is no longer in operation" |
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| Related terms: | action commission running engage | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (business) a business especially one run on a large scale | |
| Examples: | : "a large-scale farming operation" "a multinational operation" they paid taxes on every stage of the operation" "they had to consolidate their operations" |
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| Related terms: | business_activity operate | |
| 3. | [ noun ] process or manner of functioning or operating | |
| Synonyms: | performance functioning | |
| Examples: | "the power of its engine determine 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" |
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| Related terms: | work process job go | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a planned activity involving many people performing various actions | |
| Examples: | : "they organized a rescue operation" "the biggest police operation in French history" "running a restaurant is quite an operation" "consolidate the companies various operations" |
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| Related terms: | activity undercover_operation rescue_operation | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction) | |
| Examples: | "it can perform millions of operations per second" |
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| Related terms: | data_processing search asynchronous_operation auxiliary_operation access logic_operation concurrent_operation control_operation dyadic_operation fixed-cycle_operation multiplex_operation monadic_operation parallel_operation computer_operation printing_operation serial_operation boolean_operation sort synchronous_operation threshold_operation computer_science | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (military) a military or naval action (as a maneuver or campaign) | |
| Synonyms: | military_operation | |
| Examples: | "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force" |
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| Related terms: | military_action attack mission maneuver campaign support offense psychological_operation amphibious_operation covert_operation information_gathering naval_campaign Meuse combined_operation Operation_Desert_Storm peacekeeping military | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (work) a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work | |
| Synonyms: | procedure | |
| Examples: | : "the operations in building a house" "certain machine tool operations" |
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| Related terms: | work go | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (medicine,surgery) a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | |
| Synonyms: | surgical_procedure surgery surgical_process surgical_operation | |
| Examples: | "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available" "he died while undergoing surgery" |
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| Related terms: | therapy medical_procedure ablation palatopharyngoplasty vasovasostomy uranoplasty colostomy amputation implantation sex-change_operation arthroscopy sterilization face_lift hysterotomy plastic_surgery craniotomy cryosurgery curettage angioplasty debridement heart_surgery arthroplasty jejunostomy keratoplasty laparotomy autoplasty minor_surgery major_surgery neurosurgery myringectomy myringotomy sclerotomy Shirodkar's_operation strabotomy tracheostomy transplant trephination cautery dilation_and_curettage vivisection brain_surgery myringoplasty decortication electrosurgery enterostomy enucleation evisceration exenteration fenestration gastrectomy gastroenterostomy gastrostomy haemorrhoidectomy lobotomy nose_job iridectomy iridotomy intestinal_bypass microsurgery myotomy chemosurgery castration wrong-site_surgery orchiopexy osteotomy ostomy phalloplasty phlebectomy photocoagulation polypectomy resection rhinotomy rhizotomy taxis tympanoplasty suturing incision haemostasia hypophysectomize trepan decorticate suction freeze ablate surgery | |
| 9. | [ noun ] the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.) | |
| Examples: | "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride" |
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| Related terms: | commercial_enterprise operate | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents | |
| Synonyms: | process act cognitive_operation mental_process cognitive_process | |
| Examples: | "the process of thinking" "the cognitive operation of remembering" |
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| Related terms: | cognition basic_cognitive_process higher_cognitive_process psychology | |
| 11. | [ noun ] (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods | |
| Synonyms: | mathematical_operation mathematical_process | |
| Examples: | "the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation" "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic" |
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| Related terms: | calculation construction integration differentiation relaxation_method matrix_operation combination arithmetic_operation permutation maximization exponentiation mathematics | |
| Similar spelling: |
operations operational operating operate_on operatic oporto operative opera_hat operate operatively operator opera_hood overrating |
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