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Definition of "operation"

operation

Từ điển Collocation

operation noun

¹ medical

ADJ. major | minor, small | life-saving, vital | emergency | routine | delicate a delicate eye operation | exploratory | surgical, transplant | heart, knee, etc.

VERB + OPERATION have, undergo He had an operation to remove a tumour. | come through, survive She came through the operation very well. | carry out, perform the surgeon performing the operation

PREP. during a/the ~ She woke during the operation. | ~ for an operation for a kidney problem | ~ on a major operation on his heart

² organized activity

ADJ. big, large-scale, major, massive | covert, undercover | combined, joint | tricky a tricky rescue operation | intelligence, military, naval, police | guerrilla | clean-up, drilling, mining, mopping-up, offensive, peacekeeping, relief, rescue, salvage, security UN troops supervised the relief operations. | banking, building, business restrictions placed on business operations

VERB + OPERATION begin, launch, mount, undertake The authorities launched a massive security operation in the city. | carry out, conduct | supervise

PREP. during a/the ~ during joint military operations

PHRASES a theatre of operations (= where military operations take place)

³ fact of sth functioning

ADJ. effective, efficient, smooth | day-to-day the smooth day-to-day operation of the department

VERB + OPERATION come into A ceasefire came into operation in May. | bring/put sth into | cease The factory will cease operation at the end of the year.

PREP. during ~ The machine can get very hot during operation. | in ~ The current tax system has been in operation for ten years.

PHRASES in/into full operation the only reactor in full operation

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• a business especially one run on a large scale

  a large-scale farming operation

  a multinational operation

  they paid taxes on every stage of the operation

  they had to consolidate their operations

• a planned activity involving many people performing various actions

  they organized a rescue operation

  the biggest police operation in French history

  running a restaurant is quite an operation

  consolidate the companies various operations

• a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work; procedure

  the operations in building a house

  certain machine tool operations

• the state of being in effect or being operative

  that rule is no longer in operation

• a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

  they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available

  he died while undergoing surgery

• activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign); military operation

  it was a joint operation of the navy and air force

• (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)

  it can perform millions of operations per second

• process or manner of functioning or operating; functioning, performance

  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

• (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods; mathematical process, mathematical operation

  the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation

  they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic

• (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; process, cognitive process, mental process, cognitive operation

  the process of thinking

  the cognitive operation of remembering

• the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)

  her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride

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Microsoft Computer Dictionary

n. 1. A specific action carried out by a computer in the process of executing a program. 2. In mathematics, an action performed on a set of entities that produces a new entity. Examples of mathematical operations are addition and subtraction.

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

operations
syn.: cognitive operation cognitive process functioning mathematical operation mathematical process mental process military operation performance procedure process surgery surgical operation surgical procedure surgical process