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Type Words
Synonyms military operation
Type of activity
Has types attack, military mission, military campaign, covert operation, mission, peacekeeping operation, campaign, amphibious operation, manoeuvre, peacekeeping mission, peacekeeping, maneuver, information gathering, combined operation, onslaught, onset, onrush, offensive, offense, offence, naval campaign, support, simulated military operation, reinforcement, reenforcement, psyop, psychological operation
Derivation operate


it was a joint operation of the navy and air force.
Type Words
Synonyms procedure
Type of work
Derivation operate


the operations in building a house.
certain machine tool operations.
Type Words
Synonyms mathematical operation, mathematical process
Type of calculation, computation, computing
Has types exponentiation, differentiation, arithmetic operation, matrix operation, maximization, relaxation, relaxation method, permutation, combination, integration, construction, involution


they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic.
Type Words
Synonyms surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
Type of medical procedure
Has types purse-string operation, amputation, anaplasty, angioplasty, arthroplasty, arthroscopy, brain surgery, castration, catheterisation, catheterization, cauterisation, cauterization, cautery, chemosurgery, craniotomy, cryosurgery, curettage, curettement, cutting out, d and c, debridement, decortication, dilatation and curettage, dilation and curettage, electrosurgery, enterostomy, enterotomy, enucleation, evisceration, excision, exenteration, extirpation, eye operation, eye surgery, fenestration, gastrectomy, gastroenterostomy, gastrostomy, haemorrhoidectomy, heart surgery, hemorrhoidectomy, hysterotomy, implantation, intestinal bypass, jejunostomy, major surgery, microsurgery, minor surgery, myotomy, myringectomy, myringoplasty, myringotomy, neurosurgery, orchiopexy, organ transplant, osteotomy, ostomy, palatopharyngoplasty, phlebectomy, photocoagulation, plastic surgery, polypectomy, ppp, ablation, reconstructive surgery, resection, rhinotomy, rhizotomy, sex-change operation, shirodkar's operation, sterilisation, sterilization, strabotomy, taxis, tracheostomy, tracheotomy, transplant, transplantation, transsexual surgery, trephination, tympanoplasty, uppp, uranoplasty, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, vasovasostomy, vivisection, wrong-site surgery
Derivation operative, operate


they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available.
Type Words
Synonyms functioning, performance
Type of process, physical process
Derivation operate


the power of its engine determines its operation.
the plane's operation in high winds.
Type Words
Synonyms cognitive operation, cognitive process, mental process, process
Type of noesis, knowledge, cognition
Has types basic cognitive process, higher cognitive process


the cognitive operation of remembering.
Type Words
Type of commercial activity, business activity
Derivation operate


a large-scale farming operation.
a multinational operation.
they paid taxes on every stage of the operation.
they had to consolidate their operations.
Type Words
Type of activity
Has types sting operation, rescue operation, undercover operation, sting


they organized a rescue operation.
the biggest police operation in French history.
running a restaurant is quite an operation.
consolidate the companies various operations.
Type Words
Type of data processing
Has types off-line operation, computer operation, auxiliary operation, parallel operation, synchronous operation, threshold operation, printing operation, boolean operation, binary operation, asynchronous operation, search, sequential operation, serial operation, logic operation, logical operation, lookup, machine operation, access, memory access, fixed-cycle operation, dyadic operation, control operation, control function, binary arithmetic operation, consecutive operation, monadic operation, multiplex operation, simultaneous operation, sort, sorting, unary operation, concurrent operation


it can perform millions of operations per second.
Type Words
Type of activity
Derivation operate


her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride.
Type Words
Type of activeness, action, activity
Has types running, idle, commission
Derivation operate


that rule is no longer in operation.

Examples of operation

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More than 42,000 people are currently working as part of the response operation.
From the newsweek.com
The rebels fled in response, and their rudimentary military operation collapsed.
From the sacbee.com
Tragically, he didn't make it through an operation we hoped would save his life.
From the chron.com
Qatar has deployed six Mirages and two C-17s transports in the Libyan operation.
From the kentucky.com
Three of the six reactors at the site were in operation when the earthquake hit.
From the us.cnn.com
Officials sought to arrest between 200 and 300 people during the 2010 operation.
From the cnn.com
The investigation was the first anti-terror operation between the two countries.
From the upi.com
Barring a settlement, NTP has asked the judge to shut down RIM's U.S. operation.
From the businessweek.com
The biggest culprit was the chip operation, known as the microelectronics group.
From the businessweek.com
More examples
  • The state of being in effect or being operative; "that rule is no longer in operation"
  • 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"
  • (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"
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • Operation is a battery-operated game of physical skill that tests players' hand-eye co-ordination and fine motor skills. Originally made by Milton Bradley, and currently made by Hasbro it has been in production since 1965, the year in which the game was invented by John Spinello.
  • In its simplest meaning in mathematics and logic, an operation is an action or procedure which produces a new value from one or more input values. There are two common types of operations: unary and binary. Unary operations involve only one value, such as negation and trigonometric functions. ...
  • This article describes three distinct, but related terms: military operations, Operations as military events, and operational level of war.