Operation — meaning in English

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

1. noun The way something works, or the act of making it work.
2. noun A planned activity or task, especially one carried out by a business, military, or organization.
3. noun A surgical procedure.
4. noun A mathematical procedure that produces a value from one or more inputs, such as addition.

operational — full definition

1. adjective Working and ready to be used.
2. adjective Relating to the day-to-day running of an organization or system, rather than its overall strategy.

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