Definition of operate

verb (v)

• direct or control; projects, businesses, etc. (verb.social)

  Synonym: run
  

  source: wordnet30
• perform as expected when applied (verb.contact)

  Synonym: function, go, run, work
  Antonym: malfunction, misfunction
  

  source: wordnet30
• handle and cause to function (verb.contact)

  Synonym: control
  

  Example:
  Do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol.
  

  source: wordnet30
• perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense (verb.competition)

  Synonym: maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre
  

  source: wordnet30
• happen (verb.change)

  Synonym: break, develop, recrudesce
  

  source: wordnet30
• keep engaged (verb.contact)

  Synonym: engage, lock, mesh
  Antonym: disengage, withdraw
  

  source: wordnet30
• perform surgery on (verb.body)

  Synonym: operate on
  

  Example:
  The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To produce, as an effect; to cause. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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