operate

Significado (Inglês)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
  2. (intransitive) To produce an effect.
  3. (intransitive) To produce an effect.
  4. (intransitive) To produce an effect.
  5. (transitive) To bring about as an effect; to cause.
  6. (intransitive, transitive) 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. (intransitive, transitive) To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
  8. (transitive) To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work.

Freqüência

B2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈɒpəɹeɪt/
Etimologia (Inglês)

From Latin operātus, perfect passive participle of operor (“to work, labor, toil, have effect”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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