operate

[ UK /ˈɒpəɹˌe‍ɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈɑpɝˌeɪt, ˈɔpɝˌeɪt/ ]

VERB

perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
handle and cause to function
control the lever
do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol
perform as expected when applied
The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in
This old radio doesn't work anymore
Does this old car still run well?
keep engaged
engaged the gears
direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
She is running a relief operation in the Sudan
perform surgery on
The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life

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How To Use operate In A Sentence

The battery-operated doll comes complete with walkie-talkie and a wardrobe choice of military fatigues or bolero jacket and gold trousers.
These provisions, although expressed at a level of great generality, have often been invoked by those who posit the existence of a broad international duty to cooperate or a right to solidarity.
The outside activity is monitored through a battery-operated thermo sensor, which can be placed 30m away from the main unit. Times, Sunday Times
Nowadays she heats her place with a cast-iron stove perched on firebricks in the living room, cooks with propane, and does her beadwork at night by the light of a kerosene lamp while listening to a battery-operated radio.
My question is this: since BAS drugs operate via a non-absorbed, non-systemic action they are anion-exchange resins, are they at all dangerous? More statin madness | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
‘The council operates a priority order for gritting roads and footpaths,’ a spokesman said.
He urged booksellers to cooperate to form a nationwide chain of ecumenical book outlets that would be well-funded and professionally run.
She held her ears when the jackhammer started to operate
Invitro certain combinations of oncogenes cooperate to transform primary rat cells.
It was battery operated, and would not rely on a malfunction in the main power supply.