operation
The method by which a device performs its functionThe method by which a device performs its function.
» It took the doctor eight hours to do the operation.
Der Arzt hat acht Stunden für die Operation gebraucht.
Der Arzt hat acht Stunden für die Operation benötigt.
Врачу потребовалось восемь часов на проведение операции.
Лікарю знадобилося вісім годин, щоб зробити операцію.
Meaning
10 senses(uncountable)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.
Betrieb
де́йствиеdéjstvije
ді́яdíja, ді́янняdíjannja
(uncountable)The method or practice by which actions are done.
Betrieb
(uncountable)The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
process or manner of functioning or operating
(countable)A planned undertaking.
The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets.
The Katrina relief operation was considered botched.
Operation
опера́цияoperácija
опера́ціяoperácija
(countable)A business or organization.
We run our operation from a storefront.
They run a multinational produce-supply operation.
a business especially one run on a large scale
(countable)A surgical procedure.
She had an operation to remove her appendix.
Operation
опера́цияoperácija
опера́ціяoperácija
(countable)A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
The number of operands associated with an operation is called its arity; an operation of arity 2 is called a binary operation.
Operation, Verknüpfung
опера́цияoperácija, де́йствиеdéjstvije
A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
(countable)A function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value.
(countable)A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
Aktion, Operation, Unternehmen
опера́цияoperácija
опера́ціяoperácija
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
(countable, obsolete)Effect produced; influence.
the state of being in effect or being operative
Examples
391 sentencesIt took the doctor eight hours to do the operation.
Лікарю знадобилося вісім годин, щоб зробити операцію.
ruВрачу потребовалось восемь часов на проведение операции.
deDer Arzt hat acht Stunden für die Operation gebraucht.
This operation is simple.
Ця операція проста.
ruЭта операция проста.
Do I need an operation?
Чи мені потрібна операція?
deMuss ich operiert werden?
Tom didn't need an operation.
Тому не потрібна була операція.
I need an operation.
Мені потрібна операція.
ruМне нужна операция.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English operacioun, from Old French operacion, from Latin operātiō, from the vFrom Middle English operacioun, from Old French operacion, from Latin operātiō, from the verb operor (“to work”), from opus, operis (“work”). Equivalent to operate + -ion.
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Forms
plural: operations| Singular | operation |
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Synonyms
17 synonyms- a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work:procedure
- a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body:surgerysurgical operationsurgical proceduresurgical process
- activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign):military operation
- process or manner of functioning or operating:functioningperformance
- (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods:mathematical processmathematical operation
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents:processcognitive processmental processcognitive operation
Word family
45 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- an an operation
- after the operation
- operation last