operate

Meaning

  1. To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
  2. To produce an effect.
  3. To produce an effect.
  4. To produce an effect.
  5. To bring about as an effect; to cause.
  6. To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.
  7. To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
  8. To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work.

Synonyms

wield

operate on

cut surgically

be effective

cut open

be touched

be transferred

cut the throat of

have effect

arrange business with somebody

address

surgical operation

work well

be influenced

be present

take drastic measures

be at work

amputate

be active

be efficacious

be in operation

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
op‧er‧ate
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɒpəɹeɪt/
Etymology

From Latin operātus, past participle of operārī (“to work, labor, toil, have effect”), from opus, operis (“work, labor”).

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