Definitions for OPERATION
ˌɒp əˈreɪ ʃənop·er·a·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.8 / 9 votes

1. operationnoun

   the state of being in effect or being operative

   "that rule is no longer in operation"

2. operationnoun

   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"

3. operationnoun

   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"

4. operationnoun

   (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"

5. operation, military operationnoun

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

   "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"

6. operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical processnoun

   a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

   "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"

7. operation, procedurenoun

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

   "the operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool operations"

8. operation, functioning, performancenoun

   process or manner of functioning or operating

   "the power of its engine determines 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"

9. process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operationnoun

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

   "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering"

10. mathematical process, mathematical operation, operationnoun

    (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods

    "the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation"; "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic"

11. operationnoun

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

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. operationnoun

   The method by which a device performs its function.

   It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in operation.

2. operationnoun

   The method or practice by which actions are done.

3. operationnoun

   A planned undertaking.

4. operationnoun

   A business or organization.

5. operationnoun

   a surgical procedure.

   She had an operation to remove her appendix.

6. operationnoun

   a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands; the value for any particular operands is unique)

7. operationnoun

   a military campaign (w:Operation Desert Storm)

8. Etymology: From operari, from opus, operis

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Operationnoun

   Etymology: operatio, Lat. operation, French.

   1. Agency; production of effects; influence.

   There are in men operations, some natural, some rational, some supernatural, some politick, some finally ecclesiastical. Richard Hooker.

   By all the operations of the orbs,
   From whom we do exist and cease to be,
   Here I disclaim all my paternal care. William Shakespeare, Lear.

   All operations by transmission of spirits and imagination, work at distance and not at touch. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

   Waller’s presence had an extraordinary operation to procure any thing desired. Edward Hyde, b. viii.

   The tree whose operation brings
   Knowledge of good and ill, shun to taste. John Milton, P. Lost.

   If the operation of these salts be in convenient glasses promoted by warmth, the ascending steams may easily be caught and reduced into a penetrant spirit. Boyle.

   The pain and sickness caused by manna, are the effects of its operation on the stomach and guts by the seize, motion and figure of its insensible parts. John Locke.

   2. Action; effect.

   Repentance and renovation consist not in the strife, wish, or purpose, but in the actual operations of good life. Henry Hammond.

   That false fruit
   Far other operation first display’d,
   Carnal desire inflaming. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. ix.

   Speculative painting, without the assistance of manual operation, can never attain to perfection, but slothfully languishes; for it was not with his tongue that Apelles performed his noble works. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   In this understanding piece of clock-work, his body as well as other senseless matter has colour, warmth and softness. But these qualities are not subsistent in those bodies, but are operations of fancy begotten in something else. Richard Bentley.

   3. [In chirurgery.] The part of the art of healing which depends on the use of instruments.4. The motions or employments of an army.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. operation

   An operation is a procedure or activity carried out to achieve a specific purpose or outcome. This can refer to a series of actions or steps taken in a particular order, whether in mathematics, computer programming, business, or medicine. The term also refers to the functioning or performance of certain tasks by an organization or a system.

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Operation

   In its simplest meaning in mathematics and logic, an operation is an action or procedure which produces a new value from one or more input values, called "operands". There are two common types of operations: unary and binary. Unary operations involve only one value, such as negation and trigonometric functions. Binary operations, on the other hand, take two values, and include addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and exponentiation. Operations can involve mathematical objects other than numbers. The logical values true and false can be combined using logic operations, such as and, or, and not. Vectors can be added and subtracted. Rotations can be combined using the function composition operation, performing the first rotation and then the second. Operations on sets include the binary operations union and intersection and the unary operation of complementation. Operations on functions include composition and convolution. Operations may not be defined for every possible value. For example, in the real numbers one cannot divide by zero or take square roots of negative numbers. The values for which an operation is defined form a set called its domain. The set which contains the values produced is called the codomain, but the set of actual values attained by the operation is its range. For example, in the real numbers, the squaring operation only produces nonnegative numbers; the codomain is the set of real numbers but the range is the nonnegative numbers.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. operation

   1. A military action or the carrying out of a strategic, operational, tactical, service, training, or administrative military mission. 2. The process of carrying on combat, including movement, supply, attack, defense, and maneuvers needed to gain the objectives of any battle or campaign.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'OPERATION' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #995

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'OPERATION' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1373

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'OPERATION' in Nouns Frequency: #241

Anagrams for OPERATION »

1. petronoia

How to pronounce OPERATION?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of OPERATION in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of OPERATION in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of OPERATION in a Sentence

1. Angus Rodger:

   The impact of lower oil prices on company plans has been brutal. What began in late-2014 as a haircut to discretionary spend on exploration and pre-development projects has become a full surgical operation to cut out all non-essential operational and capital expenditure.

2. Security Bureau:

   In conducting any operation, the police will act on the basis of actual circumstances and according to the law.

3. Tyreece Miller:

   I hope this operation changes the course for 150 young lives and leads them to the path of opportunities every child deserves.

4. Marc Fernich:

   All these actors appear to bear some responsibility for this calamity. All seem to have a share of Mr. Epsteins blood on their hands. All should be ashamed of their behavior, i call for a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mr. Epsteins death. The public needs to know exactly what happened and why and how his custodians could have let it occur. Epsteinsdeath comes two weeks after the 66-year-old was placed on suicide watch after he was found nearly unconscious in his cell with injuries to his neck.At the time, it was not clear whether the injuries were self-inflicted or from an assault. He had been taken off suicide watch before he killed himself, a person familiar with the matter told the AP.It wasnt immediately clear when he was taken off suicide watch. Jeffrey Epstein DEAD : TIMELINE OF SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AND RELATED LEGAL CASES Epstein was arrested on July 6 over the alleged sexual abuse of dozens of young girls in his Upper East Side townhouse and his waterfront mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, between 2002 and 2005 Epstein allegedly created and maintained a vast network and operation from 2002 up to and including at least 2005 that enabled him to sexually exploit and abuse dozens of underage girls in addition to paying victims to recruit other girls. Prosecutors said that victims would be escorted to a room with a massage table where they would perform massages on Epstein. At the time of Epsteins arrest, prosecutors said they found a trove of pictures of nude and seminude young women and girls at his $ 77 million Manhattan Hospital mansion. They also say additional victims have come forward since the arrest. He had pleaded not guilty and faced up to 45 years in prison if convicted. Jeffrey Epstein EPSTEINS ALLEGED SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIM NAMED Bill Richardson, GEORGE MITCHELL IN NEWLY RELEASED DOCUMENTS Bill Richardson deathalso comes a day after thousands of documents were unsealed Friday in connection with a defamation case against Bill Richardson alleged recruiter that revealed dozens of high-profile names including former Maine Sen. George Mitchell, ex-New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Prince Andrew, Duke of York. Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who has long claimed Epstein forced her to have sex with powerful men, claimed in the lawsuit that Epstein and Virginia Roberts Giuffre associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, kept Ghislaine Maxwell as a.

5. Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov:

   If we are talking about an operation against the legitimate authorities of the Syrian Republic and armed forces of the Syrian republic this would, of course, be the worst scenario.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=OPERATION
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Operation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=OPERATION
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=OPERATION
6. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf