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[ UK /ˈɒpəɹˌe‍ɪtɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɑpɝˌeɪtɪŋ, ˈɔpɝˌeɪtɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. being in effect or operation
    the company had several operating divisions
    de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations
    bus service is in operation during the emergency
  2. involved in a kind of operation
    the operating conditions of the oxidation pond

How To Use operating In A Sentence

  • One can't simply install the operating system on an existing machine, pop in a couple of peripherals and go.
  • State officials retained considerable economic control and allowed uneconomic factories and mines to continue operating.
  • The Israelis already possess them, operating disingenuously and outside international norms again, an exceptionalism granted by the United States’ favor andmight. The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Palestinian “Peace Activists”
  • Soldiers assigned to staff positions must be computer-literate and seek training for the operating systems and programs they will use.
  • If the condenser must be located above the turbine, then the pipe should be carried first downward and then upward in the U form, in the manner of the familiar "entrainer," which will be found effectively to prevent water getting back when the turbine is operating. Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers
  • The U.S. economy is operating with a massive amount of slack" or unutilized resources such as workers and manufacturing capacity says Sal Guatieri, an economist at Toronto-based BMO Capital Markets. Canada Bank Shift Signals Strong Recovery
  • Worse, the insurgents appear to be operating closer to Kabul.
  • The new aircraft will also allow pilots to increase their flying hours from 150 to 200 because of the aircraft's higher operating ceiling.
  • The plant is operating at maximum capacity .
  • The causes which make dolente a solemn word to the Italian ear, and dolent a queer word to the English ear, are causes which have been slowly operating ever since the Italian and the Teuton parted company on their way from The Unseen World and Other Essays
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