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English to English noun
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the state of being in effect or being operative |  | Example: that rule is no longer in operation
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a business especially one run on a large scale | | Example: a large-scale farming operation
a multinational operation
they paid taxes on every stage of the operation
they had to consolidate their operations
source: wordnet30
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a planned activity involving many people performing various actions | | Example: they organized a rescue operation
the biggest police operation in French history
running a restaurant is quite an operation
consolidate the companies various operations
source: wordnet30
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(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction) | | Example: it can perform millions of operations per second
source: wordnet30
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activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) | | Example: it was a joint operation of the navy and air force
source: wordnet30
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a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | | Example: they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available
he died while undergoing surgery
source: wordnet30
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a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work | | Example: the operations in building a house
certain machine tool operations
source: wordnet30
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process or manner of functioning or operating | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents | | Example: the process of thinking
the cognitive operation of remembering
source: wordnet30
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(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods | | Example: the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation
they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic
source: wordnet30
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the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.) | | Example: her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride
source: wordnet30
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The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral. | | source: webster1913
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