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UK
/ˈɒpəɹˌeɪtɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈɑpɝˌeɪtɪŋ, ˈɔpɝˌeɪtɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɑpɝˌeɪtɪŋ, ˈɔpɝˌeɪtɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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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 -
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.
- 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”
- 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
- Another source of energy that is needed in medium - and large-scale plants is diesel fuel required for operating forklifts which is estimated at one litre per ton of final product. Chapter 10
- I was overwhelmed by a feeling of helplessness as I watched her being wheeled into the operating theatre.
- As estimated by the staff of the Joint Force, around two-thirds of losses were inflicted by snipers operating within such parties, who would fire from embrasures in basement walls, top-story windows and roofs.
- State officials retained considerable economic control and allowed uneconomic factories and mines to continue operating.
- 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
- Worse, the insurgents appear to be operating closer to Kabul.