OPERATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
   Usage Example(s)
   • her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride
   Hypernyms(s) operation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • activity (what does activity mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • operate (what does operate mean?)
   • run (what does run mean?)
   • engage (what does engage mean?)
   • mesh (what does mesh mean?)
   • lock (what does lock mean?)
   • operate (what does operate mean?)
   • operate (what does operate mean?)
   • control (what does control mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
   Usage Example(s)
   • they organized a rescue operation
   • the biggest police operation in French history
   • running a restaurant is quite an operation
   • consolidate the companies various operations
   Hypernyms(s) operation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • activity (what does activity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • rescue operation (what does rescue operation mean?)
   • undercover operation (what does undercover operation mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
   Synonym(s)
   • procedure (what does procedure mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the operations in building a house
   • certain machine tool operations
   Hypernyms(s) operation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • work (what does work mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • function (what does function mean?)
   • work (what does work mean?)
   • operate (what does operate mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • run (what does run mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments
   • performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
   Synonym(s)
   • surgery (what does surgery mean?)
   • surgical operation (what does surgical operation mean?)
   • surgical procedure (what does surgical procedure mean?)
   • surgical process (what does surgical process mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available
   • he died while undergoing surgery
   Hypernyms(s) operation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • medical procedure (what does medical procedure mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • ablation (what does ablation mean?)
   • extirpation (what does extirpation mean?)
   • cutting out (what does cutting out mean?)
   • excision (what does excision mean?)
   • amputation (what does amputation mean?)
   • angioplasty (what does angioplasty mean?)
   • arthroplasty (what does arthroplasty mean?)
   • arthroscopy (what does arthroscopy mean?)
   • brain surgery (what does brain surgery mean?)
   • castration (what does castration mean?)
   • cautery (what does cautery mean?)
   • cauterization (what does cauterization mean?)
   • cauterisation (what does cauterisation mean?)
   • chemosurgery (what does chemosurgery mean?)
   • craniotomy (what does craniotomy mean?)
   • cryosurgery (what does cryosurgery mean?)
   • curettage (what does curettage mean?)
   • curettement (what does curettement mean?)
   • debridement (what does debridement mean?)
   • decortication (what does decortication mean?)
   • dilation and curettage (what does dilation and curettage mean?)
   • dilatation and curettage (what does dilatation and curettage mean?)
   • D and C (what does D and C mean?)
   • electrosurgery (what does electrosurgery mean?)
   • enterostomy (what does enterostomy mean?)
   • enterotomy (what does enterotomy mean?)
   • enucleation (what does enucleation mean?)
   • wrong-site surgery (what does wrong-site surgery mean?)
   • evisceration (what does evisceration mean?)
   • exenteration (what does exenteration mean?)
   • fenestration (what does fenestration mean?)
   • gastrectomy (what does gastrectomy mean?)
   • gastroenterostomy (what does gastroenterostomy mean?)
   • gastrostomy (what does gastrostomy mean?)
   • heart surgery (what does heart surgery mean?)
   • hemorrhoidectomy (what does hemorrhoidectomy mean?)
   • haemorrhoidectomy (what does haemorrhoidectomy mean?)
   • hysterotomy (what does hysterotomy mean?)
   • implantation (what does implantation mean?)
   • iridectomy (what does iridectomy mean?)
   • iridotomy (what does iridotomy mean?)
   • intestinal bypass (what does intestinal bypass mean?)
   • jejunostomy (what does jejunostomy mean?)
   • major surgery (what does major surgery mean?)
   • microsurgery (what does microsurgery mean?)
   • minor surgery (what does minor surgery mean?)
   • myotomy (what does myotomy mean?)
   • myringectomy (what does myringectomy mean?)
   • myringoplasty (what does myringoplasty mean?)
   • myringotomy (what does myringotomy mean?)
   • neurosurgery (what does neurosurgery mean?)
   • orchiopexy (what does orchiopexy mean?)
   • osteotomy (what does osteotomy mean?)
   • ostomy (what does ostomy mean?)
   • palatopharyngoplasty (what does palatopharyngoplasty mean?)
   • PPP (what does PPP mean?)
   • uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (what does uvulopalatopharyngoplasty mean?)
   • UPPP (what does UPPP mean?)
   • phlebectomy (what does phlebectomy mean?)
   • photocoagulation (what does photocoagulation mean?)
   • plastic surgery (what does plastic surgery mean?)
   • reconstructive surgery (what does reconstructive surgery mean?)
   • anaplasty (what does anaplasty mean?)
   • polypectomy (what does polypectomy mean?)
   • resection (what does resection mean?)
   • rhinotomy (what does rhinotomy mean?)
   • rhizotomy (what does rhizotomy mean?)
   • sex-change operation (what does sex-change operation mean?)
   • transsexual surgery (what does transsexual surgery mean?)
   • Shirodkar’s operation (what does Shirodkar’s operation mean?)
   • purse-string operation (what does purse-string operation mean?)
   • sterilization (what does sterilization mean?)
   • sterilisation (what does sterilisation mean?)
   • strabotomy (what does strabotomy mean?)
   • taxis (what does taxis mean?)
   • tracheostomy (what does tracheostomy mean?)
   • tracheotomy (what does tracheotomy mean?)
   • transplant (what does transplant mean?)
   • transplantation (what does transplantation mean?)
   • organ transplant (what does organ transplant mean?)
   • trephination (what does trephination mean?)
   • tympanoplasty (what does tympanoplasty mean?)
   • uranoplasty (what does uranoplasty mean?)
   • vasovasostomy (what does vasovasostomy mean?)
   • vivisection (what does vivisection mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • operate on (what does operate on mean?)
   • operate (what does operate mean?)
5. Meaning
   • (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
   Synonym(s)
   • mathematical operation (what does mathematical operation mean?)
   • mathematical process (what does mathematical process mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation
   • they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic
   Hypernyms(s) operation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • calculation (what does calculation mean?)
   • computation (what does computation mean?)
   • computing (what does computing mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • permutation (what does permutation mean?)
   • combination (what does combination mean?)
   • differentiation (what does differentiation mean?)
   • maximization (what does maximization mean?)
   • integration (what does integration mean?)
   • exponentiation (what does exponentiation mean?)
   • involution (what does involution mean?)
   • arithmetic operation (what does arithmetic operation mean?)
   • matrix operation (what does matrix operation mean?)
   • construction (what does construction mean?)
   • relaxation (what does relaxation mean?)
   • relaxation method (what does relaxation method mean?)
6. Meaning
   • activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
   Synonym(s)
   • military operation (what does military operation mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • it was a joint operation of the navy and air force
   Hypernyms(s) operation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • activity (what does activity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • combined operation (what does combined operation mean?)
   • maneuver (what does maneuver mean?)
   • manoeuvre (what does manoeuvre mean?)
   • simulated military operation (what does simulated military operation mean?)
   • campaign (what does campaign mean?)
   • military campaign (what does military campaign mean?)
   • naval campaign (what does naval campaign mean?)
   • mission (what does mission mean?)
   • military mission (what does military mission mean?)
   • support (what does support mean?)
   • reinforcement (what does reinforcement mean?)
   • reenforcement (what does reenforcement mean?)
   • attack (what does attack mean?)
   • onslaught (what does onslaught mean?)
   • onset (what does onset mean?)
   • onrush (what does onrush mean?)
   • offense (what does offense mean?)
   • offence (what does offence mean?)
   • offensive (what does offensive mean?)
   • peacekeeping (what does peacekeeping mean?)
   • peacekeeping mission (what does peacekeeping mission mean?)
   • peacekeeping operation (what does peacekeeping operation mean?)
   • amphibious operation (what does amphibious operation mean?)
   • information gathering (what does information gathering mean?)
   • psychological operation (what does psychological operation mean?)
   • psyop (what does psyop mean?)
   • covert operation (what does covert operation mean?)
   • Meuse (what does Meuse mean?)
   • Meuse River (what does Meuse River mean?)
   • Argonne (what does Argonne mean?)
   • Argonne Forest (what does Argonne Forest mean?)
   • Meuse-Argonne (what does Meuse-Argonne mean?)
   • Meuse-Argonne operation (what does Meuse-Argonne operation mean?)
   • Operation Desert Storm (what does Operation Desert Storm mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • manoeuver (what does manoeuver mean?)
   • maneuver (what does maneuver mean?)
   • manoeuvre (what does manoeuvre mean?)
   • operate (what does operate mean?)
7. Meaning
   • a business especially one run on a large scale
   Usage Example(s)
   • a large-scale farming operation
   • a multinational operation
   • they paid taxes on every stage of the operation
   • they had to consolidate their operations
   Hypernyms(s) operation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • business activity (what does business activity mean?)
   • commercial activity (what does commercial activity mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • operate (what does operate mean?)
   • run (what does run mean?)
8. Meaning
   • (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity
   • an operation that affects mental contents
   Synonym(s)
   • cognitive operation (what does cognitive operation mean?)
   • cognitive process (what does cognitive process mean?)
   • mental process (what does mental process mean?)
   • process (what does process mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the process of thinking
   • the cognitive operation of remembering
   Hypernyms(s) operation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • cognition (what does cognition mean?)
   • knowledge (what does knowledge mean?)
   • noesis (what does noesis mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • basic cognitive process (what does basic cognitive process mean?)
   • higher cognitive process (what does higher cognitive process mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • operate (what does operate mean?)
9. Meaning
   • (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
   Usage Example(s)
   • it can perform millions of operations per second
   Hypernyms(s) operation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • data processing (what does data processing mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • access (what does access mean?)
   • memory access (what does memory access mean?)
   • asynchronous operation (what does asynchronous operation mean?)
   • auxiliary operation (what does auxiliary operation mean?)
   • off-line operation (what does off-line operation mean?)
   • boolean operation (what does boolean operation mean?)
   • binary operation (what does binary operation mean?)
   • binary arithmetic operation (what does binary arithmetic operation mean?)
   • computer operation (what does computer operation mean?)
   • machine operation (what does machine operation mean?)
   • concurrent operation (what does concurrent operation mean?)
   • control operation (what does control operation mean?)
   • control function (what does control function mean?)
   • dyadic operation (what does dyadic operation mean?)
   • fixed-cycle operation (what does fixed-cycle operation mean?)
   • logic operation (what does logic operation mean?)
   • logical operation (what does logical operation mean?)
   • monadic operation (what does monadic operation mean?)
   • unary operation (what does unary operation mean?)
   • multiplex operation (what does multiplex operation mean?)
   • parallel operation (what does parallel operation mean?)
   • simultaneous operation (what does simultaneous operation mean?)
   • printing operation (what does printing operation mean?)
   • search (what does search mean?)
   • lookup (what does lookup mean?)
   • serial operation (what does serial operation mean?)
   • sequential operation (what does sequential operation mean?)
   • consecutive operation (what does consecutive operation mean?)
   • sort (what does sort mean?)
   • sorting (what does sorting mean?)
   • synchronous operation (what does synchronous operation mean?)
   • threshold operation (what does threshold operation mean?)
10. Meaning
    • process or manner of functioning or operating
    Synonym(s)
    • functioning (what does functioning mean?)
    • performance (what does performance mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • the power of its engine determine 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
    Hypernyms(s) operation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • process (what does process mean?)
    Derived(s)
    • function (what does function mean?)
    • work (what does work mean?)
    • operate (what does operate mean?)
    • go (what does go mean?)
    • run (what does run mean?)
    • function (what does function mean?)
    • work (what does work mean?)
    • operate (what does operate mean?)
    • go (what does go mean?)
    • run (what does run mean?)
11. Meaning
    • the state of being in effect or being operative
    Usage Example(s)
    • that rule is no longer in operation
    Hypernyms(s) operation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • action (what does action mean?)
    • activity (what does activity mean?)
    • activeness (what does activeness mean?)
    Hyponym(s)
    • commission (what does commission mean?)
    • running (what does running mean?)
    Derived(s)
    • engage (what does engage mean?)
    • mesh (what does mesh mean?)
    • lock (what does lock mean?)
    • operate (what does operate mean?)