Operate

Verb

 * 1) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
 * 2) To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (Med.), to take appropriate effect on the human system.
 * 3) To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
 * 4)  To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.
 * 5) To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
 * 6) To produce, as an effect; to cause.
 * 7) To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine.

Related terms

 * opera
 * operable
 * operand
 * operant
 * operation


 * operational
 * operative
 * operator
 * opus

Adverbs for Operate
onerously; insidiously; mechanically; scientifically; injuriously; skillfully; deftly; effectually; primarily; economically; mystically;legitimately; viciously; defensively;legally; rhythmically; laboriously; logically; mentally; physiologically; physically; psychologically; disastrously; maligantly; surgically; hygienically.

Thesaurus
act, angle, be caught short, be effective, be in action, be responsible for, be short, behave, belong, brew, bucket, bucketshop, cabal, carry on, carry out, carry through, chart a course, collude, complot, concoct, cond, conduct, conn, connive, conspire, control, cook up, countermine, counterplot, coxswain, cut, deal with, deposit margin, direct, do with, drive, employ, engineer, exercise, exert, finagle, finesse, frame, frame up, function, go, go long, guide, handle, hatch, hatch a plot, hatch up, have effect, have free play, have play, have the conn, helm, hold on, intrigue, keep, lay a plot, machinate, make, make a killing, make a scoop, make go, make use of, manage, maneuver, manipulate, margin up, militate, miss the market, move, navigate, open up, ordain, overstay the market, percolate, perform, perform on, perk, pilot, play, play the market, plot, plunge, ply, practice, proceed, pyramid, react, rig, run, scalp, scheme, scoop the market, see to, serve, shape a course, speculate, stag, stag the market, steer, take, take a flier, take care of, take effect, tick, trade on margin, use, utilize, venture, wangle, wield, work

Etymology
From operatus:, past participle of operari:, from opus:, operis:.

Translations

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 * Arabic:
 * Chinese: 操作 (cāozuò)
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: operieren
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 運営する (うんえいする, unei suru)
 * Korean: 경영하다 (gyeong-yeonghada)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: оперировать (operírovat’)
 * Swedish: operera

Adjective
operate



Verb
operate


 * 1) second-person plural present tense of operare
 * 2) second-person plural imperative of operare
 * 3) feminine plural past participle of operare

Anagrams

 * poetare
 * poeterà