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    op·er·a·tion
    [ˌäpəˈrāSHən]
    noun
    operation (noun) · operations (plural noun) · Operation (noun)
    1. the fact or condition of functioning or being active:
      "the construction and operation of power stations"
      • an active process; a discharge of a function:
        "the operations of the mind"
    2. an act of surgery performed on a patient:
      "I've never felt better since my bypass operation"
    3. a piece of organized and concerted activity involving a number of people, especially members of the armed forces or the police:
      "a rescue operation" · "military operations"
      • a business organization; a company:
        "he reopened his operation under a different name"
      • an activity in which a business is involved:
        "the company is selling most of its commercial banking operations"
      • preceding a code name for an organized military or police activity:
        "Operation Desert Storm"
    4. mathematics
      a process in which a number, quantity, expression, etc., is altered or manipulated according to formal rules, such as those of addition, multiplication, and differentiation.
    Origin
    late Middle English: via Old French from Latin operatio(n-), from the verb operari ‘expend labor on’ (see operate).
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    noun
    1. the fact or condition of functioning or being active:
      • an act of surgery performed on a patient:
        surgical operation
        surgical intervention
        major surgery
        minor surgery
      • a piece of organized and concerted activity involving a number of people, especially members of the armed forces or the police:
       
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    2. Operation refers to1234:
      • The act, process, or manner of operating.
      • The state of being in effect, in action, or operative.
      • A process, method, or series of acts, especially of a practical or mechanical nature.
      • A medical procedure in which a doctor cuts into someone's body to repair or remove a damaged or diseased part.
      • The quality or state of being able to work or function.
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      operation / ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən / noun the act, process, or manner of operating the state of being in effect, in action, or operative (esp in the phrases inor into operation) a process, method, or series of acts, esp of a practical or mechanical nature
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      an act or process of working, doing something, being in action, or having an effect: [ U ] Several printing presses are in operation (= working) at the moment. [ C ] Setting a mousetrap is a delicate operation (= act of doing something).
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      operation /ˌɑːpə ˈ reɪʃən/ noun plural operations Britannica Dictionary definition of OPERATION 1 [count] : a process in which a doctor cuts into someone's body in order to repair or remove a damaged or diseased part She is recovering from a major heart operation. [=she is recovering from major heart surgery] a minor/routine operation
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      : the act, process, method, or result of operating does the whole operation without stopping the operation of a drug 2 : the quality or state of being able to work or function put a factory into operation
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