What does operate on mean?

Definitions for operate on
op·er·ate on

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. operate on, operateverb

    perform surgery on

    "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"

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  1. operate on

    "To operate on" generally refers to the action of applying a specific process, system, rule or function to something in order to achieve a particular result or effect. This phrase can be used in various fields such as mathematics, where it refers to performing mathematical operations, or in medicine, where it refers to performing surgery on a patient. It implies the active manipulation or handling of an object, subject, or situation.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of operate on in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of operate on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of operate on in a Sentence

  1. Andrew Tyrie:

    The (Treasury) Committee is concerned about allegations involving HSBC and its Swiss private bank, banks have repeatedly told the Committee that, since the crisis, they have put in place reforms to ensure that they operate on the basis of sharply improved standards. The Committee will need reassurance that they have done so in private banking.

  2. John Kerry:

    I operate on the presumption that Iran is a fundamental danger, that they are engaged in negative activities throughout the [Middle East] region, that they’re destabilizing places, and that they consider Israel a fundamental enemy at this moment in time.

  3. Mary Ann Rivers from Georgia:

    When he told me he could operate on me, I cried, he was kind of like my salvation.

  4. Tony Travers:

    The British press is supposed to operate on a 'public interest' basis.

  5. Bill Browder:

    The United States has very clear laws in relation to mutual legal assistance with Russia, in relation to extradition with Russia and various other things, you have agencies that operate on those laws, and I don't think that there are going to be people who work in the apparatus of the law enforcement agencies of The United States that are going to be going along with a dirty deal with Putin.

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