English to English noun
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the state of being in effect or being operative | Example:
• that rule is no longer in operation
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a business especially one run on a large scale | Example:
• a large-scale farming operation • a multinational operation • they paid taxes on every stage of the operation • they had to consolidate their operations
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a planned activity involving many people performing various actions | Example:
• they organized a rescue operation • the biggest police operation in French history • running a restaurant is quite an operation • consolidate the companies various operations
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(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction) | Example:
• it can perform millions of operations per second
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activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) | Example:
• it was a joint operation of the navy and air force
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a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Example:
• they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available • he died while undergoing surgery
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a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work | Example:
• the operations in building a house • certain machine tool operations
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process or manner of functioning or operating | Example:
• the power of its engine determines its operation • the plane's operation in high winds • they compared the cooking performance of each oven • the jet's performance conformed to high standards
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(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents | Example:
• the process of thinking • the cognitive operation of remembering
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(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods | Example:
• the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation • they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic
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the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.) | Example:
• her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride
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The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral. | source: webster1913
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