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English to English noun
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the state of being in effect or being operative |
• that rule is no longer in operation
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a business especially one run on a large scale |
• 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 |
• they organized a rescue operation
• the biggest police operation in French history
• running a restaurant is quite an operation
• consolidate the companies various operations
source: wordnet30
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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) |
• it can perform millions of operations per second
source: wordnet30
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activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) |
• it was a joint operation of the navy and air force
source: wordnet30
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a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body |
• they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available
• he died while undergoing surgery
source: wordnet30
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a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work |
• the operations in building a house
• certain machine tool operations
source: wordnet30
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process or manner of functioning or operating |
• 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
source: wordnet30
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(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents |
• the process of thinking
• the cognitive operation of remembering
source: wordnet30
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(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods |
• the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation
• they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic
source: wordnet30
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the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.) |
• her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride
source: wordnet30
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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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