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Synonyms for OPERATE: use, handle, work, run, manipulate, drive, control, wield; Antonyms of OPERATE: backfire, fizzle, ignore, neglect, misuse, misapply
4. [no object] medical : to perform surgery. The doctors needed to operate immediately. — often + on. operate on a tumor/patient. OPERATE meaning: 1 : to function or behave in a proper or particular way; 2 : to use and control (something) sometimes used in combination.
b) [ transitive] to control a business or organization Nuns are operating an emergency hospital. 3 system/process/service [ intransitive, transitive] if a system, process, or service operates, or if you operate it, it works The whole tax system is now operating more efficiently.
OPERATING definition: 1. relating to the main business activities of a company: 2. working or being used: 3. relating…. Learn more.
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Define operate. operate synonyms, operate pronunciation, operate translation, English dictionary definition of operate. v. op·er·at·ed , op·er·at·ing , op·er·ates v. intr. 1.
operating: [adjective] of, relating to, or used for or in operations.
