What does operate on mean?
Definitions for operate on
op·er·ate on
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Princeton's WordNet
operate on, operateverb
perform surgery on
"The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"
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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.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of operate on in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of operate on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of operate on in a Sentence
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.
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.
When he told me he could operate on me, I cried, he was kind of like my salvation.
The British press is supposed to operate on a 'public interest' basis.
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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