operation

Meaning

  1. (uncountable) The method by which a device performs its function.
  2. (uncountable) The method or practice by which actions are done.
  3. (uncountable) The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
  4. (countable) A planned undertaking.
  5. (countable) A business or organization.
  6. (countable) A surgical procedure.
  7. (countable) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
  8. (countable) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
  9. (countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
  10. (countable, obsolete) Effect produced; influence.

Synonyms

action
A2
work
A1
performance
B1
activity
B2
business
A1
function
B2
surgery
B1
working
A1
procedure
B2
process
B1
functioning
C2
job
A1
act
A2
running
A1
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labour
C1
handling
B2
effect
B1

surgical operation

management
B2
employment
C1
agency
B2
labor
B2
manipulation
C2
use
A1
run
A1
calculation
C2
behaviour
C1
duty
B1
surgical procedure
processing
C1
utilization
exploitation
C2
administration
C1
incision
C2
enterprise
C1
occupation
C1
effort
B1
section
B1
service
A2
project
B1
task
B2
operational
C1
operate
B2
operating
B2
operations
B2
usage
22k
doing
A1

military operation

direction
B1
manufacturing
C2
Translations

opération
operazione
operação
Operation
operación
Betrieb
operació
bewerking
Arbeit
operatie
fonctionnement
Tätigkeit
travail

εργασία

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃épos Proto-Italic *opos Latin opus Latin opera Latin -ātus Latin operātus Latin operor Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin operātiōder. Old French operacionbor. Middle English operacioun English operation From Middle English operacioun, from Old French operacion, from Latin operātiō, from the verb operor (“I work”), from opus, operis (“work”). Equivalent to operate + -ion.

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