Definitions of Operator [ˈɒp əˌreɪ tər]

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Definition of 'Operator'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) operator
a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like.

2.  operator
a person who operates a telephone switchboard.

3.  operator
a person who manages an industrial establishment.

4.  operator
a person who trades in securities, esp. speculatively or on a large scale.

5.  operator
a person who performs a surgical operation; a surgeon.

6.  operator
a symbol for expressing a mathematical or logical operation.

7.  operator
a function, esp. one transforming a function, set, etc., into another.

8.  operator
a person who accomplishes his or her purposes by cleverness.

9.  operator
a segment of DNA that interacts with a regulatory molecule, preventing transcription of the adjacent region.

Etymology: (1590–1600; < LL)

Definition of 'Operator'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) operator
(mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation

2. (noun) operator, manipulator
an agent that operates some apparatus or machine
"the operator of the switchboard"

3. (noun) operator
someone who owns or operates a business
"who is the operator of this franchise?"

4. (noun) hustler, wheeler dealer, operator
a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

5. (noun) operator
a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets

Definition of 'Operator'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) operator
sb who operates a machine
a fork-lift operator; a computer operator

2. operator
a company offering a particular kind of service
a tour/bus operator

3. operator
sb who works for a company to connect telephone calls to the correct person
Dial 0 to speak to an operator.

Translation of 'Operator'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a person who works a machine a lift operator.
Afrikaans: operateur, hanteerder	Arabic: مُشَغِّل الآلَه	Bulgarian: оператор
Brazilian: operador	Czech: obsluhující pracovník	German: der/die Führer(in)
Danish: operatør; -fører	Greek: χειριστής	Spanish: operario
Estonian: töötaja, operaator	Farsi: کارور؛ به کار انداز	Finnish: käyttäjä
French: opérateur/-trice	Hebrew: מַפעִיל	Hindi: प्रचालक, चालक
Croatian: operater, tehničar	Hungarian: kezelő	Indonesian: operator
Icelandic: vélamaður	Italian: (operaio addetto a una ma	Japanese: 操作する人
Korean: 조작자	Lithuanian: operatorius, mašinistas	Latvian: operators, mašīnstrādniek
Malay: operator	Dutch: degeen die een machine be	Norwegian: maskinist, operatør
Polish: operator	Persian: کارور؛ به کار انداز	Pashto: كارګر
Portuguese: operador	Romanian: mecanic	Russian: оператор; диспетчер
Slovak: obsluhujúci pracovník	Slovenian: operater	Serbian: operater
Swedish: operatör, maskinist	Thai: ผู้ควบคุม (เครื่องจักร)	Turkish: operatör, makinist
Taiwanese: 操作者	Ukrainian: механік	Urdu: چلانے والا
Vietnamese: người vận hành	Chinese: 操作者
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