Dictionary
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.
Hyphenated as
op‧er‧ate
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɒpəɹeɪt/
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