/ˌɒpəˈɹeɪʃən/► audioScrabble 11Words With Friends 13
Definition
noun the state of being in effect or being operative.
noun a business especially one run on a large scale.
noun a planned activity involving many people performing various actions.
noun (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction).
noun activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign).
— synonyms: military_operation
noun a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments.
— synonyms: surgery, surgical_operation, surgical_procedure, surgical_process
noun a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work.
— synonyms: procedure
noun process or manner of functioning or operating.
— synonyms: functioning, performance
noun (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity.
— synonyms: process, cognitive_process, mental_process, cognitive_operation
noun (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods.
— synonyms: mathematical_process, mathematical_operation
noun the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.).
Examples
“The Katrina relief operation was considered botched.”
“They run a multinational produce-supply operation.”