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Definition of Operate
1. Verb. Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.. "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"
Specialized synonyms: Financier, Work, Block, Warm Up
Generic synonyms: Direct
Derivative terms: Operation, Operation, Operator, Running
2. Verb. Perform as expected when applied. "These cars won't operate "; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"
Specialized synonyms: Double, Roll, Run, Cut, Serve, Service
Related verbs: Run, Work
Derivative terms: Functioning, Operant, Operation, Operation, Operative
Antonyms: Malfunction
3. Verb. Handle and cause to function. "Control the lever"
Specialized synonyms: Synchronise, Synchronize, Dial, Turn, Submarine, Treadle, Relay, Gate, Pedal, Drive, Aviate, Fly, Pilot
Related verbs: Control, Master
Generic synonyms: Manipulate
Derivative terms: Control, Control, Operation, Operative, Operator
4. Verb. Perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense.
Generic synonyms: Go, Move
Specialized synonyms: Jockey
Derivative terms: Maneuver, Manoeuvre, Operation
5. Verb. Happen. "What is going on in the minds of the people?"
Derivative terms: Operation
6. Verb. Keep engaged. "Engaged the gears"
Specialized synonyms: Flip, Switch, Throw, Ride
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Antonyms: Disengage
Derivative terms: Engagement, Mesh, Mesh, Meshing, Operation, Operation
7. Verb. Perform surgery on. "Did he operate his foot? "; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"
Category relationships: Medicine, Practice Of Medicine
Specialized synonyms: Desex, Desexualise, Desexualize, Fix, Sterilise, Sterilize, Unsex, Face-lift, Lift, Trephine, Venesect
Generic synonyms: Care For, Treat
Derivative terms: Operation, Operative
Definition of Operate
1. v. i. To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.
2. v. t. To produce, as an effect; to cause.
Definition of Operate
1. Verb. To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act. ¹
2. Verb. To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (Med.), to take appropriate effect on the human system. ¹
3. Verb. To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence. ¹
4. Verb. (medicine) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc. ¹
5. Verb. To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits. ¹
6. Verb. To produce, as an effect; to cause. ¹
7. Verb. To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Operate
1. to perform a function [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Medical Definition of Operate
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1. To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.
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