English Explanatory Dictionary

operation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The method by which a device performs its function.
  2. The method or practice by which actions are done.
  3. The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
  4. A planned undertaking.
  5. A business or organization.
  6. A surgical procedure.
  7. A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).
  8. A function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value.
  9. A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
  10. Effect produced; influence.

Pronunciation

/ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-operation.wav /ˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ /ˌɑ.pɚˈeɪ.ʃən/ en-us-operation.ogg /ˌɔp.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/ /ˌɒp.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/ [ˌɔ̟p.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən]

Word forms

operation operations

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃épos Proto-Italic *opos Latin opus Latin opera Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin operātus Latin operor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin operātiōder. Old French operacionbor. Middle English operacioun English operation From Middle English operacioun, from Old French operacion, from Latin operātiō, from the verb operor (“to work”), from opus, operis (“work”). Equivalent to operate + -ion.

Synonyms

operating function transformation

Related words

opera operable operand operant operate operational operative operator opus

Derived words

additive operation arithmetic operation binary operation black bag operation black operation ClickOps co-operation cottage food operation counteroperation cyberoperation DataOps DevOps DevSecOps disoperation driver-only operation dyadic operation floating point operation floating-point operation Gigli's operation group operation grow operation Hartmann's operation hyperoperation in operation interoperation intraoperation line of operations logical operation maloperation microoperation misoperation multioperation multiplicative operation operationism operationist operation of law oplan pivot operation postoperation preoperation Récamier's operation reoperation screwdriver operation set operation sex-change operation short-circuit logical operation special military operation special operation suboperation teleoperation unary operation unit operation mission operations

Translations

Arabic: عَمَلِيَّة Azerbaijani: əməl Bashkir: ғәмәл Bulgarian: опера́ция Bulgarian: де́йствие Catalan: operació Czech: postup Esperanto: operacio Finnish: laskutoimitus Finnish: operaatio French: opération German: Operation German: Verknüpfung Greek: πράξη Hungarian: művelet Icelandic: aðgerð Ido: operaco Irish: oibríocht Italian: operazione Japanese: 演算 Kazakh: амал Latvian: operācija Low German: Operatschoon Māori: paheko Norman: opéthâtion Persian: عمل Polish: operacja Portuguese: operação Russian: опера́ция Russian: де́йствие Spanish: operación Swahili: operesheni Tajik: амал Turkish: işlem
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