Operate
verb
To control the way a machine, system, or process works.
She learned how to operate a computer.
Often appears as...
- operate machinery
- operate a vehicle
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Technical
verb
To be working or functioning, especially in a particular way.
The television station operates 24 hours a day.
Often appears as...
- operate smoothly
- operate correctly
verb
In business, to buy and sell goods or services.
The company operates in 15 countries.
Often appears as...
- operate in a market
- operate internationally
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Business
verb
To do surgery.
The surgeon will operate on him tomorrow.
Often appears as...
- operate on a patient
- operate immediately
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Medical
verb
To control the way a machine, system, or process works.
She learned how to operate a computer.
Often appears as...
- operate machinery
- operate a vehicle
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To be working or functioning, especially in a particular way.
The television station operates 24 hours a day.
Often appears as...
- operate smoothly
- operate correctly
verb
In business, to buy and sell goods or services.
The company operates in 15 countries.
Often appears as...
- operate in a market
- operate internationally
Usage tips
Business
verb
To do surgery.
The surgeon will operate on him tomorrow.
Often appears as...
- operate on a patient
- operate immediately
Usage tips
Medical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Machine Interaction
Refers to handling devices, requires knowledge of specific operations.
I need to learn how to operate the new coffee machine.
Pro Tip 2/2Active Control
Implies active involvement, not just turning something on.
The technician operates the soundboard at the concert.
Pro Tip 1/2Machine Interaction
Refers to handling devices, requires knowledge of specific operations.
I need to learn how to operate the new coffee machine.
Pro Tip 2/2Active Control
Implies active involvement, not just turning something on.
The technician operates the soundboard at the concert.
Pro Tip 1/2Machine Interaction
Refers to handling devices, requires knowledge of specific operations.
I need to learn how to operate the new coffee machine.
Pro Tip 2/2Active Control
Implies active involvement, not just turning something on.
The technician operates the soundboard at the concert.
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probably learned their lines from a script, which essentially tells them what to say and when to say it. A piece of written music operates on exactly the same principle. In a very basic sense, it tells a performer what to play and when to play it. Aesthetically speaking, there's a world of difference
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into the three-dimensional world you see around you, where edges should get extra attention because things with edges can help you or kill you. Look at that muffin pan again. You know what causes confusion here? Your brain's visual cortex operates on assumptions about the lighting of this image.
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smokeless when its operating and very efficient so it's gonna douse that out now and that's ready for clearing thank you now this is exactly the kind of appropriate technology that has been touted around the developing world by development agencies because it's simple
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and everything is most certainly 42. Just like real life, fictional worlds operate consistently within a spectrum of physical and societal rules. That's what makes these intricate worlds believable, comprehensible, and worth exploring.
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How batteries work -...
while newer, advanced batteries can survive and function for thousands. Batteries of the future may be light, thin sheets that operate on the principles of quantum physics and last for hundreds of thousands of charge cycles.
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The Astronaut of the...
point which means that often you're answering questions that no one has answered to do deep sea science we use a suite of tools so things like remotely operated vehicles or rovs these can be about the size of a car but
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
by starting where we work, in the businesses that we operate in. And when we put justness on par with profits, we'll get the most wonderful thing in all the world. We'll take back our humanity. Thank you.
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Two Blind Sisters See...
they are not operated they remain blind for life and what happens in most of the cases they are used by the family as beggars
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How to read music - Tim...
probably learned their lines from a script, which essentially tells them what to say and when to say it. A piece of written music operates on exactly the same principle. In a very basic sense, it tells a performer what to play and when to play it. Aesthetically speaking, there's a world of difference
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How optical illusions...
into the three-dimensional world you see around you, where edges should get extra attention because things with edges can help you or kill you. Look at that muffin pan again. You know what causes confusion here? Your brain's visual cortex operates on assumptions about the lighting of this image.
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How to rebuild the world...
smokeless when its operating and very efficient so it's gonna douse that out now and that's ready for clearing thank you now this is exactly the kind of appropriate technology that has been touted around the developing world by development agencies because it's simple
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How to understand power...
So learning how power operates is key to being effective, being taken seriously, and not being taken advantage of. In this lesson, we'll look at where power comes from, how it's exercised and what you can do to become more powerful in public life.
Video examples
The philosophy of...
operates according to a web of cause and effect, resulting in a rational structure of the universe, which they called logos. And while we may not always have control over the events affecting us, we can have control over how we approach things.
Video examples
How to build a fictional...
and everything is most certainly 42. Just like real life, fictional worlds operate consistently within a spectrum of physical and societal rules. That's what makes these intricate worlds believable, comprehensible, and worth exploring.
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How batteries work -...
while newer, advanced batteries can survive and function for thousands. Batteries of the future may be light, thin sheets that operate on the principles of quantum physics and last for hundreds of thousands of charge cycles.
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The Astronaut of the...
point which means that often you're answering questions that no one has answered to do deep sea science we use a suite of tools so things like remotely operated vehicles or rovs these can be about the size of a car but
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
by starting where we work, in the businesses that we operate in. And when we put justness on par with profits, we'll get the most wonderful thing in all the world. We'll take back our humanity. Thank you.
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Two Blind Sisters See...
they are not operated they remain blind for life and what happens in most of the cases they are used by the family as beggars
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Geoff Mulgan
English Educator
The responsibility for good government lies not just with governments themselves but also with every other part of the system they operate in, including media, non-governmental organisations and the public.
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do - and not only for operating, but for everything.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture. Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective.
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Harold Pinter
English Dramatist
I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.
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Janet Street-Porter
British Journalist
Obviously I've spent most of my working life with men and they have this way of operating which seems a bit alien to me.
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Douglas Feith
American Public Servant
Our concept is not that America should operate alone or by itself in world affairs or in military affairs.
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Jeff Nichols
American Director
I'll be honest: 'Badlands' changed my life: it really did rewire my brain as to how film can operate.
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Tom Morello
American Musician
The system under which we live is owned and operated by people who do not deserve to run the world.
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Rupert Murdoch
American Publisher
I've operated and launched newspapers all over the world.
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Geoff Mulgan
English Educator
The responsibility for good government lies not just with governments themselves but also with every other part of the system they operate in, including media, non-governmental organisations and the public.
Quote examples
Ben Carson
American Scientist
I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do - and not only for operating, but for everything.
Quote examples
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture. Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.
Quote examples
Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective.
Quote examples
Harold Pinter
English Dramatist
I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.
Quote examples
Janet Street-Porter
British Journalist
Obviously I've spent most of my working life with men and they have this way of operating which seems a bit alien to me.
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Douglas Feith
American Public Servant
Our concept is not that America should operate alone or by itself in world affairs or in military affairs.
Quote examples
Jeff Nichols
American Director
I'll be honest: 'Badlands' changed my life: it really did rewire my brain as to how film can operate.
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Tom Morello
American Musician
The system under which we live is owned and operated by people who do not deserve to run the world.
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Rupert Murdoch
American Publisher
I've operated and launched newspapers all over the world.
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