operate

Phonetic

US /ˈɑːpəreɪt/UK /ˈɒpəreɪt/

Translations

VERBTo perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act., To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (medicine) to take appropriate effect on the human system., To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence., 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., To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits., To produce, as an effect; to cause., To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work.

Variants

operates: Third Person Singular
operating: Present Participle
operated: Past Participle, Past Tense

Examples

The Chinese Constitution/ˌkɑːnstɪˈtuːʃn/ guarantees freedom of religion, but in practice, the Chinese Communist Party permits only tightly controlled, state-approved congregationskˌɑːŋɡrɪɡˈeɪʃənz to operate openly.
Source:cn.nytimes.com
Gui will operate payloads for space experiments, while Jing and Zhu will operate and manage the spacecraft, in
Source:edition.cnn.com
Regulators in America must urgently fix the rules that allow small banks to operate with thin safety cushions, and should determine the size of the capital shortfall by stress-testing the whole system for risks from rising interest rates, as is already the norm in Europe
Source:www.economist.com
, or array of patterns, which specifies the files in the build the plugin should operate on
Source:github.com
The same execution semantics and deterministic time model operate in both research and live systems
Source:github.com

operate

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