Operate synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
To provide an interpretation of (a statement or event, for example), especially in a way meant to sway public opinion:
To have charge of; manage.
To work, operate, or treat with or as with the hand or hands; handle or use, esp. with skill
To manage, control, or direct
A relationship between two sets that matches each member of the first set with a unique member of the second set. Functions are often expressed as an equation, such as y = x + 5, meaning that y is a function of x such that for any value of x, the value of y will be 5 greater than x.
To work as a servant
To orbit a central point:
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(Intransitive) To do something.
To conduct (oneself) in a correct or proper way
To progress through pages so as to arrive at a given place:
To gain information from (a person) by persistent questioning.
To spark is to emit little electrical currents or signals, or to emit little bursts of fire or light.
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To cause or persuade (to act, do, say, speak, etc.); prompt
To bring forward; to move towards the front; to make to go on.
To issue or come forth as from a source or origin; to come from.
To work or operate properly; function
To place in contact
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(Obs.) To give or assign as security for a debt, etc.
To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
To be capable of holding:
(Computers) To press down and release a button on a pointing device in order to select an item on a display screen or activate a command or function. Often used with on:
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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To become active or lively; start bubbling up, as coffee in a percolator
To act in a reverse way; go back to a former condition, stage, etc.
To exert or have influence on; have an effect on the nature, behavior, development, action, or thought of
To cause to take place.
To be the cause of; bring about a result regarding:
To bend is defined as to give a curve or angle to something, or to hide or misrepresent.
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To contrive is to scheme and cause something to happen or to plan and invent something.
To use or manipulate to one's own advantage; exploit:
To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise.
To bring about the ruin of:
To bring to a finish or an end:
To derive benefit:
To compel is to force someone do something or make something happen.
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To urge the adoption of; advocate:
To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
To impose (a kind of behavior, for example):
have effect
To produce an effect
To come next in time or order:
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get results
To produce an effect
turn the trick
To produce an effect
To levy an excise on.
remove diseased tissue
To carry out a surgical procedure
To cut off (a projecting body part), especially by surgery.
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transplant an organ
To carry out a surgical procedure
set a bone
To carry out a surgical procedure
(Intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
stop (antonym)
To be or get in the way of (a bullet or other missile); be killed or wounded by.
stall (antonym)
To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.
break down (antonym)
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command (related)
Command is defined as to give orders or exert authority over someone or something.
manage (related)
To have charge of; direct or administer:
perform (related)
Perform is defined as to complete something, to meet the requirements or to act in a show.
achieve (related)
To get or reach by exertion; attain; gain
produce (related)
To bring forth; exhibit:
treat (related)
To give medical aid to (someone):
Designed for or adapted to a particular function or use:
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Gullible or susceptible to persuasion.
manipulatable
Capable of being manipulated.
manipulatory
Of or pertaining to manipulation.
Fit for proper functioning; ready for use:
Of or pertaining to physiology.
Manner by which something functions; the workings.
The skillful use of the hands in, for example, chiropractic.
To drive is defined as to operate a vehicle, to be licensed to operate a vehicle or moving something using force.
To take assigned places in, on, or at for work or defense
To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)
To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
To consume, expend, or exhaust by use
fail (antonym)
To prove deficient or lacking; perform ineffectively or inadequately:
To conduct a performance or rehearsal.
To direct the course or movement of
thrive (related)
To prosper or flourish; be successful, esp. as the result of economical management
control (related)
A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment. In an experiment to test the effectiveness of a new drug, for example, one group of subjects (the control group) receives an inactive substance or placebo , while a comparison group receives the drug being tested.
action (related)
(Chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.
operate on
perform surgery on
To catch in or as if in a net; ensnare.
To equip (a canal, etc.) with a lock or locks
disengage (antonym)
To release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles.
operating (related)
deploy (related)
employ (related)
operates (related)
utilise (related)
in-operation (related)
establish (related)
regulate (related)
implement (related)
(Nautical, of a vessel) To rotate on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch.
To increase very rapidly
To bring to bear; exercise:
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