Operation — meaning in English
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English meaning
- operation noun The way something works, or the act of making it work.
- operational adjective Working and ready to be used.
- surgery noun A medical operation that involves cutting into the body to treat an illness or injury.
Senses
Operation is used for these senses in English:
- operation (uncountable) The method by which a device performs its function.
- operation (computing, logic, mathematics, countable) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
- operation (military, countable) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
- operational Of or relating to operations, especially military operations.
- surgery (medicine, usually, _, uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.
operation — full definition
- noun The way something works, or the act of making it work.
- noun A planned activity or task, especially one carried out by a business, military, or organization.
- noun A surgical procedure.
- noun A mathematical procedure that produces a value from one or more inputs, such as addition.
operational — full definition
- adjective Working and ready to be used.
- adjective Relating to the day-to-day running of an organization or system, rather than its overall strategy.
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