DICTOMETER

OPERATING

(operate, operating, funcionar, gestionar, manejar, operar, operativo, betjene, funksjonere, håndtere, operere, operativ)

1. Synonyms:
   • Operate
   • Run
   Definitions:
   • direct or control
   • projects, businesses, etc.
   Examples:
   • She is running a relief operation in the Sudan
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Function
   • Work
   • Operate
   • Go
   • Run
   Definitions:
   • perform as expected when applied
   Examples:
   • The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in
   • Does this old car still run well?
   • This old radio doesn't work anymore
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Operate
   • Control
   Definitions:
   • handle and cause to function
   Examples:
   • Do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol
   • Control the lever
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Manoeuver
   • Maneuver
   • Manoeuvre
   • Operate
   Definitions:
   • perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Operate
   Definitions:
   • happen
   Examples:
   • What is going on in the minds of the people?
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Engage
   • Mesh
   • Lock
   • Operate
   Definitions:
   • keep engaged
   Examples:
   • Engaged the gears
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Operate on
   • Operate
   Definitions:
   • perform surgery on
   Examples:
   • The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Operating
   Definitions:
   • involved in a kind of operation
   Examples:
   • The operating conditions of the oxidation pond
   Antonyms:
   • Inoperative
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Operational
   • In operation
   • Operating
   Definitions:
   • being in effect or operation
   Examples:
   • De facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations- Leslie Marmon Silko
   • Bus service is in operation during the emergency
   • The company had several operating divisions