Operation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Operation is a noun meaning (uncountable) The method by which a device performs its function.
Meaning
(uncountable) The method by which a device performs its function.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) The method or practice by which actions are done.
- (uncountable) The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
- (countable) A planned undertaking.
- (countable) A business or organization.
- (countable, medicine) A surgical procedure.
- (computing, logic, mathematics, countable) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
- (military, countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
Example Sentences
We run our operation from a storefront.
She had an operation to remove her appendix.
They run a multinational produce-supply operation.
The Katrina relief operation was considered botched.
Word Forms
- operations
Synonyms for operation
Depending on context, synonyms include operating, function, transformation, procedure, process, act.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include functioning, procedure, process, performance, surgery, act.
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