What does operating mean?

Definitions for operating
op·er·at·ing

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word operating.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. operatingadjective

    involved in a kind of operation

    "the operating conditions of the oxidation pond"

  2. operational, in operation(p), operating(a)adjective

    being in effect or operation

    "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"

Wiktionary

  1. operatingadjective

    in operation

  2. operatingadjective

    that operates

  3. operatingadjective

    involved in an operation

ChatGPT

  1. operating

    Operating refers to the actions or processes involved in managing, controlling, or putting into use and action a particular system, machinery, business or organization. It also refers to any activities undertaken to maintain and ensure the smooth function of an operating system or environment.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'operating' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3210

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'operating' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4038

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'operating' in Nouns Frequency: #1371

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of operating in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of operating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of operating in a Sentence

  1. Gao Liangyu:

    I don't think airlines shares overall are good investment for the longer term given their high operating cost and the cyclical nature of the industry, however, Spring's no-frills model and flexibility has helped to differentiate itself from others just like Southwest Airline had done in the United States.

  2. Lopez Obrador:

    We have to investigate if President Pena Nieto is involved and see how long the company has been operating, what contracts it received ... if they were awarded directly, through tenders.

  3. Eugene Gholz:

    F-35s won't fall out of the sky because we don't have access to cobalt imports, it's not like you need to constantly deliver diesel to the forward operating base. Once the base has a battery, it's got a battery for years.

  4. Josef Woodman:

    People draw the line at cardiology, (saying) 'I can't see myself on an operating table in a strange land.

  5. Melvic Smith:

    You could accomplish some of the functionality by duct-taping an iPhone to your gun. However what we offer is the world's first truly embedded operating system.

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