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US
/ˌɑpɝˈeɪʃən/
]
[ UK /ˌɒpəɹˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ˌɒpəɹˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
(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 -
a business especially one run on a large scale
they had to consolidate their operations
they paid taxes on every stage of the operation
a large-scale farming operation
a multinational operation -
(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 -
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
it was a joint operation of the navy and air force -
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
the process of thinking
the cognitive operation of remembering -
a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
consolidate the companies various operations
they organized a rescue operation
running a restaurant is quite an operation
the biggest police operation in French history -
the state of being in effect or being operative
that rule is no longer in operation
How To Use operation In A Sentence
- You would be hard pressed to find a young captain or major who hadn't flown combat sorties in the area of operations.
- As a book about a nonoperational aircraft, Valkyrie will probably attract only a limited audience within the Air Force community.
- A substantial element of the system is the set of physical exercises performed in pairs and again based on the idea of the power of co-operation.
- He's still a bit wobbly after the operation .
- But try telling that to the little old lady who has waited in vain a couple of years for a vital eye operation.
- Their support was greatly appreciated and all within the club are grateful for their help and co-operation.
- Her own valuers had estimated that the property was worth £150,000 on the basis of agricultural use of the surrounding land, and virtually nothing on the basis of mining and/or landfill operations.
- Fourthly, pay more attention to databank construction, take communication and cooperation seriously.
- Originating in the early 1970's, these were the workhorses of BC's big wood logging operations up and down the coastland.
- I hope my work on the evolution of cooperation helps the world avoid conflict.
