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operation
noun(op-er-a-tion)activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
Synonyms: military operation,
Examples:
It was a joint operation of the navy and air force.
operation
noun(op-er-a-tion)a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
Synonyms: procedure,
Examples:
The operations in building a house.
Certain machine tool operations.
Certain machine tool operations.
operation
noun(op-er-a-tion)(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
Synonyms: mathematical operation, mathematical process,
Examples:
They were learning the basic operations of arithmetic.
operation
noun(op-er-a-tion)a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
Synonyms: surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process,
Examples:
They will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available.
operation
noun(op-er-a-tion)process or manner of functioning or operating
Synonyms: functioning, performance,
Examples:
The power of its engine determines its operation.
The plane's operation in high winds.
The plane's operation in high winds.
operation
noun(op-er-a-tion)(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
Synonyms: cognitive operation, cognitive process, mental process, process,
Examples:
The cognitive operation of remembering.
operation
noun(op-er-a-tion)a business especially one run on a large scale
Examples:
A large-scale farming operation.
A multinational operation.
They paid taxes on every stage of the operation.
They had to consolidate their operations.
A multinational operation.
They paid taxes on every stage of the operation.
They had to consolidate their operations.
operation
noun(op-er-a-tion)a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
Examples:
They organized a rescue operation.
The biggest police operation in French history.
Running a restaurant is quite an operation.
Consolidate the companies various operations.
The biggest police operation in French history.
Running a restaurant is quite an operation.
Consolidate the companies various operations.
operation
noun(op-er-a-tion)(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
Examples:
It can perform millions of operations per second.
operation
noun(op-er-a-tion)the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
Examples:
Her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride.
operation
noun(op-er-a-tion)the state of being in effect or being operative
Examples:
That rule is no longer in operation.