operate
Meaning
- To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
- To produce an effect.
- To produce an effect.
- To produce an effect.
- To bring about as an effect; to cause.
- 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.
- To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
- 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
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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