Definition of operation in English:

operation

noun ɒpəˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌɑpəˈreɪʃ(ə)n

1mass noun The action of functioning or the fact of being active or in effect.
restrictions on the operation of market forces
the company's first hotel is now in operation
Example sentencesExamples
- At their peak 20,000 trolleybuses, which run on wheels and are powered by overhead electric cables, were in operation in the UK.
- The company has eight power plants in operation and seven under construction.
- There are about 17 million energised tube wells in operation all over India running on subsidized power or diesel.
- Monitoring over the coming months will evaluate the effectiveness in operation and safety.
- Does that mean that the small hilly State has effectively put into operation a strong system of education?
- These mechanisms and powers are always in operation even when empirically the rate of profit is rising.
- By 1812 Jefferson had three threshing machines in operation, two powered by horses and one by a waterwheel.
- The task force will be in operation until May 20 when the newly-elected president takes office.
- That force is still in operation until you cancel it out.
- Agents say the tunnel had been under construction for nearly a year and was recently put into operation.
- Since 1997, some 40 hospitals and 550 schools are under construction or in operation.
- They will be used initially by Derbyshire police force, which hopes to have its system in operation by mid-2002.
- But the new powers will not be in operation in York until next month and will only apply to cars of no value that have been vandalised or torched.
- In fact, there are two conflicting economies in operation in Britain.
- The provincial power shortage will be eased when the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant is put into operation at the end of this year, he said.
- Maybe I don't but there needs to be work done even if just to prove that the Placebo effect is in operation.
- In fact one has been in operation near Helston, Cornwall, for at least 12 months.
- Speed restrictions are in operation at the moment to ensure that the tracks are safe whilst the checking is completed.
- Tested on a track in Italy, they proved both smooth and very effective in operation and bring worthwhile safety advances.
- There will also be a rental scheme in operation for owners, a fact which may spark a good deal of Irish investor interest.
Synonyms
functioning, working, running, performance, action, behaviour
effect, force, potency, power, effectiveness
functioning, working, running, up and running, operative, in use, in action, going
operational, workable, serviceable, functional, usable, in working order/condition, viable
in force, effective, in effect, valid
1. 1.1count noun An active process; a discharge of a function.
  the operations of the mind
  Example sentencesExamples
  The literature on chain ownership's effects on editorial page functions and operations is divided.
  At their peak in 1994, there were over twenty such active operations.
  The attorney general really has no direct relation to the operation and function of the election operations in each of these counties.
  About 170 lines control the sails and yards, so every member of the crew must be familiar with these operations and functions.
  There is nothing like an arbitrary set of symbols to fix the operations of the mind.
  The laws that empower the minister of Local Government to regulate the operations and functions of local authorities are still in place.
  The software's main advantage is its ability to be user-friendly, while handling complex processing operations in the background.
  As we said last November, they're not mentioned in the Reserve Bank Act 1959 or its own overview of its functions and operations.
  Identify the key functions and their inter-dependencies with other operations so that you can prioritise the recovery process.
  The post incineration process includes six cleansing operations to remove pollutants from the flue gasses.
  I think we need really a significant shake-up, and a change in the processes and operations of the agency.
  Because these operations discharge uneaten food, pesticides and fish waste into the ocean, they need permits.
  The PCS runs its own applications, which have very little to do with the actual main function operations in a module.
  No button and keyboard can be found and all the operations can be functioned by vocal message.
  The Central government prohibited a number of processes and operations, except with its prior permission.
  Functional neuroimaging purports to offer just such a direct window on the mind's operations.
  In the context of the native-title process, and the operations of state bureaucracy in general, mind is privileged over body.
  Judge Mick Brown did an excellent job of reviewing the functions and operations of the department.
  Topics ranged from fuels for missile operations to human bodily functions in space.
  There is a central reporting mechanism for the operations but the functions are run in a fragmented manner across the different markets.
2An act of surgery performed on a patient.
I've never felt better since my bypass operation
Example sentencesExamples
- You may also be asked to avoid eating or drinking from the evening before the surgery until the operation is complete.
- As surgery becomes more precise, faster and safer, related operations are more frequently performed at the same time.
- To avoid this problem, some surgeons perform coronary bypass operations on beating hearts.
- The operation is performed under cardiopulmonary bypass and deep hypothermia.
- One of the commonest operations performed in Australia is gall bladder removal: the cholecystectomy, usually for gall stones.
- Vasectomy can easily be performed as an outpatient operation under local anaesthetic.
- This complication is dependent upon the general state of health of the patient and the extent of the operation performed.
- Doctors are so scared of being sued that many will refuse to treat high-risk patients or perform difficult operations, medical experts have warned.
- The unit will be able to correct various visual problems and perform life-changing operations that will allow patients to see again.
- The scheme will then be rolled out to reduce the backlog of patients waiting for other operations such as cataract surgery or hip and knee replacements.
- In the present study, all operations were performed by one surgeon, avoiding variation in surgical technique as a cause of altered blood loss.
- Doctors abandoned up to a dozen heart operations, including by-pass surgery, after the blunder was discovered last Thursday.
- In the past three months, the hospital has treated 26,000 patients and performed 300 operations.
- Cardiac surgical procedures are among the most commonly performed operations in the United States.
- The hospital where he treated patients and performed operations is no more.
- We did not study in detail whether the change in sexual activity before and after hysterectomy was related to the operation performed or to other circumstances in life.
- Patients can visit day surgery units for small operations and be allowed to return home later in the day or evening.
- It provides a solution to the old problem of what legal rule allows a casualty surgeon to perform an urgent operation on an unconscious patient who is brought into hospital.
- They not only provide preventive and basic curative health care but also perform family planning procedures and other surgical operations.
- The operation is performed in an operating theatre while you are lying down on your back.
Synonyms
surgery, surgical operation, surgical intervention, major surgery, minor surgery
3An organized activity involving a number of people.
a rescue operation
in names Operation Desert Storm
Example sentencesExamples
- It would direct defensive military operations should the United States be attacked.
- He has also noted that about half the cases this year occurred during active hostilities or combat operations in the Persian Gulf.
- On the ground, peacekeeping operations demonstrate the broadening functions of armies.
- Previously the US has had problems with countries not letting them use their bases for military operations and in directly deploying troops to war zones.
- He plans to do this by giving control of military operations and lucrative contracts to the United Nations.
- The government often retaliates with military operations and air strikes.
- Tribals, incensed by the military operations, could reject the dominion of the federal government.
- The CPS is responsible for ‘political control and strategic management’ during military operations.
- His leadership combined military operations, government administration, and economic management.
- In November, the Indian government announced that military operations against the guerrilla groups were unilaterally halted.
- Second, relief operations run by the military carry the risk that they become a ruse to conduct military operations under the guise of supposedly providing assistance.
- In other countries, media are simply banned from covering military operations except for passing on government statements.
- Stalin at first panicked, but then assumed personal control over military operations.
- Before the recent military operations began in Afghanistan doubters claimed that the enterprise would end in disaster, but the coalition's aims were all met.
- But first, we begin with two military operations, both of which may be tainted somewhat with controversy.
- Because assassination is an act of war, such activities should always be considered a military operation.
- Arguably they are too late, since the unprecedented military operation staged to rescue her was itself a made for-TV movie directed by the Pentagon.
- I'm willing to give greater powers to an intelligence director provided we do not give him the power to direct military operations.
- Mercado said four soldiers have so far been wounded in the military rescue operation launched by the government in the early hours of Saturday.
- The official avoided making specific comments on the possibility of a U.S.-led military operation to rescue Koda.
Synonyms
action, activity, exercise, affair, business, undertaking, step, enterprise, task, job, process, procedure, manoeuvre, campaign
1. 3.1 A business organization; a company.
  he reopened his operation under a different name
  Example sentencesExamples
  At the lower levels of business activities within this sector are very small operations that employ as few as five employees at maximum.
  Inquiries about a private operation produced an estimate of £19,000.
  Businesses can range from a one-person operation through to those employing a sizeable workforce.
  One method allows organic dairy operations to employ a one-year conversion.
  But too many traditional members' golf clubs fail to recognise that most of Scotland's new courses are commercial operations run as leisure businesses.
  Today, the companies are vastly different operations and producing returns at opposite ends of the scale for their owners.
  Des, struggling to establish his new business as a one-man operation, gets to grips with new briefs - and not just the legal kind.
  Two of the bee keepers ran commercial operations involving as many as 800 hives, while many of the rest ran about 20 hives each.
  Most companies have not made the transition from being multi-region organizations to truly global operations.
  That nice couple operate a dial-a-driver business as a part-time operation.
  Skip forward six months and we find a much different biodiesel-making operation.
  Although starting up an e-tailing operation often makes good business sense, it can make for a bear of a rollout.
  They recently opened a second operation in a different part of Dobsonville, and their business continues its phenomenal growth.
  Estate agents are being offered the chance to turn their businesses into round-the-clock operations, selling homes during both the day and night.
  Migrants from other islands working for the mining operation or smaller businesses are people who have been accustomed to working hours.
  Synonyms
  business, enterprise, company, firm, organization, concern
  informal outfit, set-up
2. 3.2 An activity in which a business is involved.
  the company is selling most of its commercial banking operations
  Example sentencesExamples
  Shops closed for business and normal operations ceased as close family gathered for the moving repatriation ceremony.
  Hence, its staff members had not developed and acquired adequate skills in those two core elements of banking operations.
  The parent firm in France will increase its holding in Thai operations and the company is trying to catch the wave of returning consumer confidence.
  He called on the government to help reschedule loan repayments for those businesses with solid operations and good credit.
  The sequence of banking operations involved in payment turns, in part, on whether there is a credit transfer or debit transfer.
  For the last twelve months or so a trial milking program has been undertaken to test the feasibility of a commercial operation later on.
  The innovator innovates, only to end up managing the mundane day-to-day operations of a company.
  I'm not really involved in the day-to-day operations of the business, but I'm trying to get more and more involved.
  The daily operations of American business have assumed a criminal character.
  The LDC undertakes all commercial operations for the benefit of the Larrakia people.
  The company undergoing Chapter 11 expects to return to normal business operations and sound financial health in the future.
  Proxy voting is often the sole means by which investors can have a say in the business operations and societal activities of their company or mutual fund.
  China is of particular interest to HSBC, which will continue to use Hong Kong as the base for its banking operations.
  The business is now mature enough for him to leave day-to-day operations to a management team.
  A franchisee by contrast will have far less freedom in the day-to-day operations of the business.
  Not so long ago - three or four years - online operations were a business afterthought at newspapers.
  They are long on management talent and typically expect to be involved in the day-to-day operations of acquired businesses.
  For the past year, the company has been putting in place the foundations of change, planning changes to its commercial operations and its style that it hopes will turn the business around.
  Participants in the program not only learn how to bake, serve food, and the basic operations of running a business, they also learn how to do laundry, banking and shop.
  The company will locate most of its back office functions for its operations in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia in Dublin.
4Mathematics
A process in which a number, quantity, expression, etc., is altered or manipulated according to set formal rules, such as those of addition, multiplication, and differentiation.
Example sentencesExamples
- The inverse of an operation undoes the operation: division undoes multiplication.
- Problems can be created to cover all math operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division!
- Is she over-generalizing the order of operations, thinking that multiplication takes precedence over division?
- That is addition, multiplication and the two inverse operations of subtraction and division.
- For example, one can have a group in which the objects are numbers and the combining operation is addition or multiplication.

Phrases

come into (or go out of) operation

Begin (or cease) functioning or having effect.
our new system has come into operation
Example sentencesExamples
- He may have entered Ireland before the database came into operation in 2001.
- Please note that most of the VAT amendments have come into operation on 1 October.
- The town's pay parking system is due to come into operation early next year.
- Cooperative managers were asked what local employment and business impact would be felt by the local economy if the cooperative were to go out of operation.
- In the meantime a rota system came into operation whereby the children took turns to weed, water, and generally care for the seedling vegetables.
- Traffic chaos could be on the cards as the council announced that the new one-way traffic system will come into operation on May 25.
- Workers stopped work when all the toilets in the building went out of operation.

put something into operation

Cause something to begin functioning or having effect.
the government is going to put this plan into operation
Example sentencesExamples
- The first round of the new project will be put into operation in March.
- The announcement had not come as a complete surprise and airlines involved had put contingency plans into operation.
- The group is putting the cameras into operation because the road has a bad record of crashes.
- This system has never been fully put into operation since its launch.
- A helicopter and the emergency services went to the scene and a rescue plan was put into operation.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin operatio(n-), from the verb operari 'expend labour on' (see operate).

office from Middle English:
In the Middle Ages office meant a duty that went with someone's position or employment. It goes back ultimately to Latin officium ‘performance of a task’, which in turn comes from the combined elements of opus ‘work’ (source of English opus in the early 19th century and of operation (Late Middle English)) and facere ‘to do’. The sense of ‘a place for business’ is recorded from the later Middle Ages. Someone officious (Late Middle English) was originally obliging or efficient in carrying out their office. The word developed its modern negative sense at the end of the 16th century.

Definition of operation in US English:

operation

nounˌäpəˈrāSH(ə)nˌɑpəˈreɪʃ(ə)n

1The fact or condition of functioning or being active.
the construction and operation of power stations
some of these ideas could be put into operation
Example sentencesExamples
- At their peak 20,000 trolleybuses, which run on wheels and are powered by overhead electric cables, were in operation in the UK.
- Since 1997, some 40 hospitals and 550 schools are under construction or in operation.
- Maybe I don't but there needs to be work done even if just to prove that the Placebo effect is in operation.
- Monitoring over the coming months will evaluate the effectiveness in operation and safety.
- Does that mean that the small hilly State has effectively put into operation a strong system of education?
- That force is still in operation until you cancel it out.
- The company has eight power plants in operation and seven under construction.
- In fact, there are two conflicting economies in operation in Britain.
- By 1812 Jefferson had three threshing machines in operation, two powered by horses and one by a waterwheel.
- These mechanisms and powers are always in operation even when empirically the rate of profit is rising.
- They will be used initially by Derbyshire police force, which hopes to have its system in operation by mid-2002.
- Agents say the tunnel had been under construction for nearly a year and was recently put into operation.
- The task force will be in operation until May 20 when the newly-elected president takes office.
- Tested on a track in Italy, they proved both smooth and very effective in operation and bring worthwhile safety advances.
- There will also be a rental scheme in operation for owners, a fact which may spark a good deal of Irish investor interest.
- But the new powers will not be in operation in York until next month and will only apply to cars of no value that have been vandalised or torched.
- Speed restrictions are in operation at the moment to ensure that the tracks are safe whilst the checking is completed.
- There are about 17 million energised tube wells in operation all over India running on subsidized power or diesel.
- The provincial power shortage will be eased when the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant is put into operation at the end of this year, he said.
- In fact one has been in operation near Helston, Cornwall, for at least 12 months.
Synonyms
functioning, working, running, performance, action, behaviour
functioning, working, running, up and running, operative, in use, in action, going
effect, force, potency, power, effectiveness
1. 1.1 An active process; a discharge of a function.
  the operations of the mind
  Example sentencesExamples
  The post incineration process includes six cleansing operations to remove pollutants from the flue gasses.
  The attorney general really has no direct relation to the operation and function of the election operations in each of these counties.
  Because these operations discharge uneaten food, pesticides and fish waste into the ocean, they need permits.
  Topics ranged from fuels for missile operations to human bodily functions in space.
  Identify the key functions and their inter-dependencies with other operations so that you can prioritise the recovery process.
  The Central government prohibited a number of processes and operations, except with its prior permission.
  Functional neuroimaging purports to offer just such a direct window on the mind's operations.
  At their peak in 1994, there were over twenty such active operations.
  Judge Mick Brown did an excellent job of reviewing the functions and operations of the department.
  The literature on chain ownership's effects on editorial page functions and operations is divided.
  The software's main advantage is its ability to be user-friendly, while handling complex processing operations in the background.
  There is nothing like an arbitrary set of symbols to fix the operations of the mind.
  I think we need really a significant shake-up, and a change in the processes and operations of the agency.
  In the context of the native-title process, and the operations of state bureaucracy in general, mind is privileged over body.
  As we said last November, they're not mentioned in the Reserve Bank Act 1959 or its own overview of its functions and operations.
  The laws that empower the minister of Local Government to regulate the operations and functions of local authorities are still in place.
  There is a central reporting mechanism for the operations but the functions are run in a fragmented manner across the different markets.
  The PCS runs its own applications, which have very little to do with the actual main function operations in a module.
  About 170 lines control the sails and yards, so every member of the crew must be familiar with these operations and functions.
  No button and keyboard can be found and all the operations can be functioned by vocal message.
2An act of surgery performed on a patient.
Example sentencesExamples
- This complication is dependent upon the general state of health of the patient and the extent of the operation performed.
- You may also be asked to avoid eating or drinking from the evening before the surgery until the operation is complete.
- Patients can visit day surgery units for small operations and be allowed to return home later in the day or evening.
- Doctors are so scared of being sued that many will refuse to treat high-risk patients or perform difficult operations, medical experts have warned.
- It provides a solution to the old problem of what legal rule allows a casualty surgeon to perform an urgent operation on an unconscious patient who is brought into hospital.
- The operation is performed under cardiopulmonary bypass and deep hypothermia.
- One of the commonest operations performed in Australia is gall bladder removal: the cholecystectomy, usually for gall stones.
- As surgery becomes more precise, faster and safer, related operations are more frequently performed at the same time.
- To avoid this problem, some surgeons perform coronary bypass operations on beating hearts.
- The unit will be able to correct various visual problems and perform life-changing operations that will allow patients to see again.
- They not only provide preventive and basic curative health care but also perform family planning procedures and other surgical operations.
- In the present study, all operations were performed by one surgeon, avoiding variation in surgical technique as a cause of altered blood loss.
- In the past three months, the hospital has treated 26,000 patients and performed 300 operations.
- Vasectomy can easily be performed as an outpatient operation under local anaesthetic.
- Doctors abandoned up to a dozen heart operations, including by-pass surgery, after the blunder was discovered last Thursday.
- The scheme will then be rolled out to reduce the backlog of patients waiting for other operations such as cataract surgery or hip and knee replacements.
- We did not study in detail whether the change in sexual activity before and after hysterectomy was related to the operation performed or to other circumstances in life.
- The operation is performed in an operating theatre while you are lying down on your back.
- The hospital where he treated patients and performed operations is no more.
- Cardiac surgical procedures are among the most commonly performed operations in the United States.
Synonyms
surgery, surgical operation, surgical intervention, major surgery, minor surgery
3A piece of organized and concerted activity involving a number of people, especially members of the armed forces or the police.
a rescue operation
military operations
Example sentencesExamples
- Tribals, incensed by the military operations, could reject the dominion of the federal government.
- On the ground, peacekeeping operations demonstrate the broadening functions of armies.
- The official avoided making specific comments on the possibility of a U.S.-led military operation to rescue Koda.
- In November, the Indian government announced that military operations against the guerrilla groups were unilaterally halted.
- Before the recent military operations began in Afghanistan doubters claimed that the enterprise would end in disaster, but the coalition's aims were all met.
- In other countries, media are simply banned from covering military operations except for passing on government statements.
- Arguably they are too late, since the unprecedented military operation staged to rescue her was itself a made for-TV movie directed by the Pentagon.
- Second, relief operations run by the military carry the risk that they become a ruse to conduct military operations under the guise of supposedly providing assistance.
- The CPS is responsible for ‘political control and strategic management’ during military operations.
- Stalin at first panicked, but then assumed personal control over military operations.
- Because assassination is an act of war, such activities should always be considered a military operation.
- He has also noted that about half the cases this year occurred during active hostilities or combat operations in the Persian Gulf.
- He plans to do this by giving control of military operations and lucrative contracts to the United Nations.
- Mercado said four soldiers have so far been wounded in the military rescue operation launched by the government in the early hours of Saturday.
- It would direct defensive military operations should the United States be attacked.
- His leadership combined military operations, government administration, and economic management.
- I'm willing to give greater powers to an intelligence director provided we do not give him the power to direct military operations.
- The government often retaliates with military operations and air strikes.
- Previously the US has had problems with countries not letting them use their bases for military operations and in directly deploying troops to war zones.
- But first, we begin with two military operations, both of which may be tainted somewhat with controversy.
Synonyms
action, activity, exercise, affair, business, undertaking, step, enterprise, task, job, process, procedure, manoeuvre, campaign
1. 3.1 A business organization; a company.
  he reopened his operation under a different name
  Example sentencesExamples
  Migrants from other islands working for the mining operation or smaller businesses are people who have been accustomed to working hours.
  Most companies have not made the transition from being multi-region organizations to truly global operations.
  Two of the bee keepers ran commercial operations involving as many as 800 hives, while many of the rest ran about 20 hives each.
  Today, the companies are vastly different operations and producing returns at opposite ends of the scale for their owners.
  At the lower levels of business activities within this sector are very small operations that employ as few as five employees at maximum.
  Des, struggling to establish his new business as a one-man operation, gets to grips with new briefs - and not just the legal kind.
  One method allows organic dairy operations to employ a one-year conversion.
  Businesses can range from a one-person operation through to those employing a sizeable workforce.
  That nice couple operate a dial-a-driver business as a part-time operation.
  Estate agents are being offered the chance to turn their businesses into round-the-clock operations, selling homes during both the day and night.
  But too many traditional members' golf clubs fail to recognise that most of Scotland's new courses are commercial operations run as leisure businesses.
  Although starting up an e-tailing operation often makes good business sense, it can make for a bear of a rollout.
  They recently opened a second operation in a different part of Dobsonville, and their business continues its phenomenal growth.
  Inquiries about a private operation produced an estimate of £19,000.
  Skip forward six months and we find a much different biodiesel-making operation.
  Synonyms
  business, enterprise, company, firm, organization, concern
2. 3.2 An activity in which a business is involved.
  the company is selling most of its commercial banking operations
  Example sentencesExamples
  For the last twelve months or so a trial milking program has been undertaken to test the feasibility of a commercial operation later on.
  He called on the government to help reschedule loan repayments for those businesses with solid operations and good credit.
  Shops closed for business and normal operations ceased as close family gathered for the moving repatriation ceremony.
  The company will locate most of its back office functions for its operations in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia in Dublin.
  The sequence of banking operations involved in payment turns, in part, on whether there is a credit transfer or debit transfer.
  They are long on management talent and typically expect to be involved in the day-to-day operations of acquired businesses.
  A franchisee by contrast will have far less freedom in the day-to-day operations of the business.
  The parent firm in France will increase its holding in Thai operations and the company is trying to catch the wave of returning consumer confidence.
  I'm not really involved in the day-to-day operations of the business, but I'm trying to get more and more involved.
  The business is now mature enough for him to leave day-to-day operations to a management team.
  The company undergoing Chapter 11 expects to return to normal business operations and sound financial health in the future.
  Proxy voting is often the sole means by which investors can have a say in the business operations and societal activities of their company or mutual fund.
  The daily operations of American business have assumed a criminal character.
  Hence, its staff members had not developed and acquired adequate skills in those two core elements of banking operations.
  China is of particular interest to HSBC, which will continue to use Hong Kong as the base for its banking operations.
  The innovator innovates, only to end up managing the mundane day-to-day operations of a company.
  Not so long ago - three or four years - online operations were a business afterthought at newspapers.
  For the past year, the company has been putting in place the foundations of change, planning changes to its commercial operations and its style that it hopes will turn the business around.
  The LDC undertakes all commercial operations for the benefit of the Larrakia people.
  Participants in the program not only learn how to bake, serve food, and the basic operations of running a business, they also learn how to do laundry, banking and shop.
3. 3.3 Preceding a code name for an organized military or police activity.
  Operation Desert Storm
  Example sentencesExamples
  Thus, I have started Operation Make a Soldier Smile.
  More than 75 Camp Pendleton Marines have sacrificed their lives in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  Thanks once again to The General for dreaming up Operation Yellow Elephant.
  By launching Operation Market Garden, Field Marshal Montgomery had hoped to end the war by Christmas 1944.
  Prevention is a big Operation Enduring Freedom success.
  All this is in the name of Operation Enduring Freedom.
  This deployment is referred to as Operation Iraqi Freedom Three.
  Codenamed Operation Green it was led by the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, Sir Edward Crew.
  The first Operation Iraqi Freedom Medal of Honor nominee was named today.
  Canada sent a battalion to Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom.
  He sure did us proud as a commander of Operation Desert Storm.
  His USO tours criss-crossed the globe, from jungles to war zones, from World War II to Operation Desert Storm.
  A new NATO operation is underway in Afghanistan: Operation Get the Vote Out.
  Children at St Mark's Primary School in Danebury Road were busy in the run-up to Christmas, collecting gifts for Operation Christmas Child.
  Three road blocks were set up, in London Road, Swanscombe, Crooked Road and Rochester Road, in Gravesend, as part of drug-busting Operation Carrot.
  This time it's called Operation Desert Scorpion.
  A team of 80 volunteers will leave Shannon Airport on Friday as part of the Chernobyl Children's Project, Operation Hope XVI.
  Owen West served with the Marines in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  Please head over to Operation Give if you've got a minute.
  First item on the agenda is Operation Lady in Red.
4Mathematics
A process in which a number, quantity, expression, etc., is altered or manipulated according to formal rules, such as those of addition, multiplication, and differentiation.
Example sentencesExamples
- Problems can be created to cover all math operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division!
- For example, one can have a group in which the objects are numbers and the combining operation is addition or multiplication.
- The inverse of an operation undoes the operation: division undoes multiplication.
- That is addition, multiplication and the two inverse operations of subtraction and division.
- Is she over-generalizing the order of operations, thinking that multiplication takes precedence over division?

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin operatio(n-), from the verb operari ‘expend labor on’ (see operate).

单词	operation
释义	Definition of operation in English: operation noun ɒpəˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌɑpəˈreɪʃ(ə)n 1mass noun The action of functioning or the fact of being active or in effect. restrictions on the operation of market forces the company's first hotel is now in operation Example sentencesExamples At their peak 20,000 trolleybuses, which run on wheels and are powered by overhead electric cables, were in operation in the UK. The company has eight power plants in operation and seven under construction. There are about 17 million energised tube wells in operation all over India running on subsidized power or diesel. Monitoring over the coming months will evaluate the effectiveness in operation and safety. Does that mean that the small hilly State has effectively put into operation a strong system of education? These mechanisms and powers are always in operation even when empirically the rate of profit is rising. By 1812 Jefferson had three threshing machines in operation, two powered by horses and one by a waterwheel. The task force will be in operation until May 20 when the newly-elected president takes office. That force is still in operation until you cancel it out. Agents say the tunnel had been under construction for nearly a year and was recently put into operation. Since 1997, some 40 hospitals and 550 schools are under construction or in operation. They will be used initially by Derbyshire police force, which hopes to have its system in operation by mid-2002. But the new powers will not be in operation in York until next month and will only apply to cars of no value that have been vandalised or torched. In fact, there are two conflicting economies in operation in Britain. The provincial power shortage will be eased when the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant is put into operation at the end of this year, he said. Maybe I don't but there needs to be work done even if just to prove that the Placebo effect is in operation. In fact one has been in operation near Helston, Cornwall, for at least 12 months. Speed restrictions are in operation at the moment to ensure that the tracks are safe whilst the checking is completed. Tested on a track in Italy, they proved both smooth and very effective in operation and bring worthwhile safety advances. There will also be a rental scheme in operation for owners, a fact which may spark a good deal of Irish investor interest. Synonyms functioning, working, running, performance, action, behaviour effect, force, potency, power, effectiveness functioning, working, running, up and running, operative, in use, in action, going operational, workable, serviceable, functional, usable, in working order/condition, viable in force, effective, in effect, valid 1.1count noun An active process; a discharge of a function. the operations of the mind Example sentencesExamples The literature on chain ownership's effects on editorial page functions and operations is divided. At their peak in 1994, there were over twenty such active operations. The attorney general really has no direct relation to the operation and function of the election operations in each of these counties. About 170 lines control the sails and yards, so every member of the crew must be familiar with these operations and functions. There is nothing like an arbitrary set of symbols to fix the operations of the mind. The laws that empower the minister of Local Government to regulate the operations and functions of local authorities are still in place. The software's main advantage is its ability to be user-friendly, while handling complex processing operations in the background. As we said last November, they're not mentioned in the Reserve Bank Act 1959 or its own overview of its functions and operations. Identify the key functions and their inter-dependencies with other operations so that you can prioritise the recovery process. The post incineration process includes six cleansing operations to remove pollutants from the flue gasses. I think we need really a significant shake-up, and a change in the processes and operations of the agency. Because these operations discharge uneaten food, pesticides and fish waste into the ocean, they need permits. The PCS runs its own applications, which have very little to do with the actual main function operations in a module. No button and keyboard can be found and all the operations can be functioned by vocal message. The Central government prohibited a number of processes and operations, except with its prior permission. Functional neuroimaging purports to offer just such a direct window on the mind's operations. In the context of the native-title process, and the operations of state bureaucracy in general, mind is privileged over body. Judge Mick Brown did an excellent job of reviewing the functions and operations of the department. Topics ranged from fuels for missile operations to human bodily functions in space. There is a central reporting mechanism for the operations but the functions are run in a fragmented manner across the different markets. 2An act of surgery performed on a patient. I've never felt better since my bypass operation Example sentencesExamples You may also be asked to avoid eating or drinking from the evening before the surgery until the operation is complete. As surgery becomes more precise, faster and safer, related operations are more frequently performed at the same time. To avoid this problem, some surgeons perform coronary bypass operations on beating hearts. The operation is performed under cardiopulmonary bypass and deep hypothermia. One of the commonest operations performed in Australia is gall bladder removal: the cholecystectomy, usually for gall stones. Vasectomy can easily be performed as an outpatient operation under local anaesthetic. This complication is dependent upon the general state of health of the patient and the extent of the operation performed. Doctors are so scared of being sued that many will refuse to treat high-risk patients or perform difficult operations, medical experts have warned. The unit will be able to correct various visual problems and perform life-changing operations that will allow patients to see again. The scheme will then be rolled out to reduce the backlog of patients waiting for other operations such as cataract surgery or hip and knee replacements. In the present study, all operations were performed by one surgeon, avoiding variation in surgical technique as a cause of altered blood loss. Doctors abandoned up to a dozen heart operations, including by-pass surgery, after the blunder was discovered last Thursday. In the past three months, the hospital has treated 26,000 patients and performed 300 operations. Cardiac surgical procedures are among the most commonly performed operations in the United States. The hospital where he treated patients and performed operations is no more. We did not study in detail whether the change in sexual activity before and after hysterectomy was related to the operation performed or to other circumstances in life. Patients can visit day surgery units for small operations and be allowed to return home later in the day or evening. It provides a solution to the old problem of what legal rule allows a casualty surgeon to perform an urgent operation on an unconscious patient who is brought into hospital. They not only provide preventive and basic curative health care but also perform family planning procedures and other surgical operations. The operation is performed in an operating theatre while you are lying down on your back. Synonyms surgery, surgical operation, surgical intervention, major surgery, minor surgery 3An organized activity involving a number of people. a rescue operation in names Operation Desert Storm Example sentencesExamples It would direct defensive military operations should the United States be attacked. He has also noted that about half the cases this year occurred during active hostilities or combat operations in the Persian Gulf. On the ground, peacekeeping operations demonstrate the broadening functions of armies. Previously the US has had problems with countries not letting them use their bases for military operations and in directly deploying troops to war zones. He plans to do this by giving control of military operations and lucrative contracts to the United Nations. The government often retaliates with military operations and air strikes. Tribals, incensed by the military operations, could reject the dominion of the federal government. The CPS is responsible for ‘political control and strategic management’ during military operations. His leadership combined military operations, government administration, and economic management. In November, the Indian government announced that military operations against the guerrilla groups were unilaterally halted. Second, relief operations run by the military carry the risk that they become a ruse to conduct military operations under the guise of supposedly providing assistance. In other countries, media are simply banned from covering military operations except for passing on government statements. Stalin at first panicked, but then assumed personal control over military operations. Before the recent military operations began in Afghanistan doubters claimed that the enterprise would end in disaster, but the coalition's aims were all met. But first, we begin with two military operations, both of which may be tainted somewhat with controversy. Because assassination is an act of war, such activities should always be considered a military operation. Arguably they are too late, since the unprecedented military operation staged to rescue her was itself a made for-TV movie directed by the Pentagon. I'm willing to give greater powers to an intelligence director provided we do not give him the power to direct military operations. Mercado said four soldiers have so far been wounded in the military rescue operation launched by the government in the early hours of Saturday. The official avoided making specific comments on the possibility of a U.S.-led military operation to rescue Koda. Synonyms action, activity, exercise, affair, business, undertaking, step, enterprise, task, job, process, procedure, manoeuvre, campaign 3.1 A business organization; a company. he reopened his operation under a different name Example sentencesExamples At the lower levels of business activities within this sector are very small operations that employ as few as five employees at maximum. Inquiries about a private operation produced an estimate of £19,000. Businesses can range from a one-person operation through to those employing a sizeable workforce. One method allows organic dairy operations to employ a one-year conversion. But too many traditional members' golf clubs fail to recognise that most of Scotland's new courses are commercial operations run as leisure businesses. Today, the companies are vastly different operations and producing returns at opposite ends of the scale for their owners. Des, struggling to establish his new business as a one-man operation, gets to grips with new briefs - and not just the legal kind. Two of the bee keepers ran commercial operations involving as many as 800 hives, while many of the rest ran about 20 hives each. Most companies have not made the transition from being multi-region organizations to truly global operations. That nice couple operate a dial-a-driver business as a part-time operation. Skip forward six months and we find a much different biodiesel-making operation. Although starting up an e-tailing operation often makes good business sense, it can make for a bear of a rollout. They recently opened a second operation in a different part of Dobsonville, and their business continues its phenomenal growth. Estate agents are being offered the chance to turn their businesses into round-the-clock operations, selling homes during both the day and night. Migrants from other islands working for the mining operation or smaller businesses are people who have been accustomed to working hours. Synonyms business, enterprise, company, firm, organization, concern informal outfit, set-up 3.2 An activity in which a business is involved. the company is selling most of its commercial banking operations Example sentencesExamples Shops closed for business and normal operations ceased as close family gathered for the moving repatriation ceremony. Hence, its staff members had not developed and acquired adequate skills in those two core elements of banking operations. The parent firm in France will increase its holding in Thai operations and the company is trying to catch the wave of returning consumer confidence. He called on the government to help reschedule loan repayments for those businesses with solid operations and good credit. The sequence of banking operations involved in payment turns, in part, on whether there is a credit transfer or debit transfer. For the last twelve months or so a trial milking program has been undertaken to test the feasibility of a commercial operation later on. The innovator innovates, only to end up managing the mundane day-to-day operations of a company. I'm not really involved in the day-to-day operations of the business, but I'm trying to get more and more involved. The daily operations of American business have assumed a criminal character. The LDC undertakes all commercial operations for the benefit of the Larrakia people. The company undergoing Chapter 11 expects to return to normal business operations and sound financial health in the future. Proxy voting is often the sole means by which investors can have a say in the business operations and societal activities of their company or mutual fund. China is of particular interest to HSBC, which will continue to use Hong Kong as the base for its banking operations. The business is now mature enough for him to leave day-to-day operations to a management team. A franchisee by contrast will have far less freedom in the day-to-day operations of the business. Not so long ago - three or four years - online operations were a business afterthought at newspapers. They are long on management talent and typically expect to be involved in the day-to-day operations of acquired businesses. For the past year, the company has been putting in place the foundations of change, planning changes to its commercial operations and its style that it hopes will turn the business around. Participants in the program not only learn how to bake, serve food, and the basic operations of running a business, they also learn how to do laundry, banking and shop. The company will locate most of its back office functions for its operations in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia in Dublin. 4Mathematics A process in which a number, quantity, expression, etc., is altered or manipulated according to set formal rules, such as those of addition, multiplication, and differentiation. Example sentencesExamples The inverse of an operation undoes the operation: division undoes multiplication. Problems can be created to cover all math operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division! Is she over-generalizing the order of operations, thinking that multiplication takes precedence over division? That is addition, multiplication and the two inverse operations of subtraction and division. For example, one can have a group in which the objects are numbers and the combining operation is addition or multiplication. Phrases come into (or go out of) operation Begin (or cease) functioning or having effect. our new system has come into operation Example sentencesExamples He may have entered Ireland before the database came into operation in 2001. Please note that most of the VAT amendments have come into operation on 1 October. The town's pay parking system is due to come into operation early next year. Cooperative managers were asked what local employment and business impact would be felt by the local economy if the cooperative were to go out of operation. In the meantime a rota system came into operation whereby the children took turns to weed, water, and generally care for the seedling vegetables. Traffic chaos could be on the cards as the council announced that the new one-way traffic system will come into operation on May 25. Workers stopped work when all the toilets in the building went out of operation. put something into operation Cause something to begin functioning or having effect. the government is going to put this plan into operation Example sentencesExamples The first round of the new project will be put into operation in March. The announcement had not come as a complete surprise and airlines involved had put contingency plans into operation. The group is putting the cameras into operation because the road has a bad record of crashes. This system has never been fully put into operation since its launch. A helicopter and the emergency services went to the scene and a rescue plan was put into operation. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin operatio(n-), from the verb operari 'expend labour on' (see operate). office from Middle English: In the Middle Ages office meant a duty that went with someone's position or employment. It goes back ultimately to Latin officium ‘performance of a task’, which in turn comes from the combined elements of opus ‘work’ (source of English opus in the early 19th century and of operation (Late Middle English)) and facere ‘to do’. The sense of ‘a place for business’ is recorded from the later Middle Ages. Someone officious (Late Middle English) was originally obliging or efficient in carrying out their office. The word developed its modern negative sense at the end of the 16th century. noun.1 phr. Definition of operation in US English: operation nounˌäpəˈrāSH(ə)nˌɑpəˈreɪʃ(ə)n 1The fact or condition of functioning or being active. the construction and operation of power stations some of these ideas could be put into operation Example sentencesExamples At their peak 20,000 trolleybuses, which run on wheels and are powered by overhead electric cables, were in operation in the UK. Since 1997, some 40 hospitals and 550 schools are under construction or in operation. Maybe I don't but there needs to be work done even if just to prove that the Placebo effect is in operation. Monitoring over the coming months will evaluate the effectiveness in operation and safety. Does that mean that the small hilly State has effectively put into operation a strong system of education? That force is still in operation until you cancel it out. The company has eight power plants in operation and seven under construction. In fact, there are two conflicting economies in operation in Britain. By 1812 Jefferson had three threshing machines in operation, two powered by horses and one by a waterwheel. These mechanisms and powers are always in operation even when empirically the rate of profit is rising. They will be used initially by Derbyshire police force, which hopes to have its system in operation by mid-2002. Agents say the tunnel had been under construction for nearly a year and was recently put into operation. The task force will be in operation until May 20 when the newly-elected president takes office. Tested on a track in Italy, they proved both smooth and very effective in operation and bring worthwhile safety advances. There will also be a rental scheme in operation for owners, a fact which may spark a good deal of Irish investor interest. But the new powers will not be in operation in York until next month and will only apply to cars of no value that have been vandalised or torched. Speed restrictions are in operation at the moment to ensure that the tracks are safe whilst the checking is completed. There are about 17 million energised tube wells in operation all over India running on subsidized power or diesel. The provincial power shortage will be eased when the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant is put into operation at the end of this year, he said. In fact one has been in operation near Helston, Cornwall, for at least 12 months. Synonyms functioning, working, running, performance, action, behaviour functioning, working, running, up and running, operative, in use, in action, going effect, force, potency, power, effectiveness 1.1 An active process; a discharge of a function. the operations of the mind Example sentencesExamples The post incineration process includes six cleansing operations to remove pollutants from the flue gasses. The attorney general really has no direct relation to the operation and function of the election operations in each of these counties. Because these operations discharge uneaten food, pesticides and fish waste into the ocean, they need permits. Topics ranged from fuels for missile operations to human bodily functions in space. Identify the key functions and their inter-dependencies with other operations so that you can prioritise the recovery process. The Central government prohibited a number of processes and operations, except with its prior permission. Functional neuroimaging purports to offer just such a direct window on the mind's operations. At their peak in 1994, there were over twenty such active operations. Judge Mick Brown did an excellent job of reviewing the functions and operations of the department. The literature on chain ownership's effects on editorial page functions and operations is divided. The software's main advantage is its ability to be user-friendly, while handling complex processing operations in the background. There is nothing like an arbitrary set of symbols to fix the operations of the mind. I think we need really a significant shake-up, and a change in the processes and operations of the agency. In the context of the native-title process, and the operations of state bureaucracy in general, mind is privileged over body. As we said last November, they're not mentioned in the Reserve Bank Act 1959 or its own overview of its functions and operations. The laws that empower the minister of Local Government to regulate the operations and functions of local authorities are still in place. There is a central reporting mechanism for the operations but the functions are run in a fragmented manner across the different markets. The PCS runs its own applications, which have very little to do with the actual main function operations in a module. About 170 lines control the sails and yards, so every member of the crew must be familiar with these operations and functions. No button and keyboard can be found and all the operations can be functioned by vocal message. 2An act of surgery performed on a patient. Example sentencesExamples This complication is dependent upon the general state of health of the patient and the extent of the operation performed. You may also be asked to avoid eating or drinking from the evening before the surgery until the operation is complete. Patients can visit day surgery units for small operations and be allowed to return home later in the day or evening. Doctors are so scared of being sued that many will refuse to treat high-risk patients or perform difficult operations, medical experts have warned. It provides a solution to the old problem of what legal rule allows a casualty surgeon to perform an urgent operation on an unconscious patient who is brought into hospital. The operation is performed under cardiopulmonary bypass and deep hypothermia. One of the commonest operations performed in Australia is gall bladder removal: the cholecystectomy, usually for gall stones. As surgery becomes more precise, faster and safer, related operations are more frequently performed at the same time. To avoid this problem, some surgeons perform coronary bypass operations on beating hearts. The unit will be able to correct various visual problems and perform life-changing operations that will allow patients to see again. They not only provide preventive and basic curative health care but also perform family planning procedures and other surgical operations. In the present study, all operations were performed by one surgeon, avoiding variation in surgical technique as a cause of altered blood loss. In the past three months, the hospital has treated 26,000 patients and performed 300 operations. Vasectomy can easily be performed as an outpatient operation under local anaesthetic. Doctors abandoned up to a dozen heart operations, including by-pass surgery, after the blunder was discovered last Thursday. The scheme will then be rolled out to reduce the backlog of patients waiting for other operations such as cataract surgery or hip and knee replacements. We did not study in detail whether the change in sexual activity before and after hysterectomy was related to the operation performed or to other circumstances in life. The operation is performed in an operating theatre while you are lying down on your back. The hospital where he treated patients and performed operations is no more. Cardiac surgical procedures are among the most commonly performed operations in the United States. Synonyms surgery, surgical operation, surgical intervention, major surgery, minor surgery 3A piece of organized and concerted activity involving a number of people, especially members of the armed forces or the police. a rescue operation military operations Example sentencesExamples Tribals, incensed by the military operations, could reject the dominion of the federal government. On the ground, peacekeeping operations demonstrate the broadening functions of armies. The official avoided making specific comments on the possibility of a U.S.-led military operation to rescue Koda. In November, the Indian government announced that military operations against the guerrilla groups were unilaterally halted. Before the recent military operations began in Afghanistan doubters claimed that the enterprise would end in disaster, but the coalition's aims were all met. In other countries, media are simply banned from covering military operations except for passing on government statements. Arguably they are too late, since the unprecedented military operation staged to rescue her was itself a made for-TV movie directed by the Pentagon. Second, relief operations run by the military carry the risk that they become a ruse to conduct military operations under the guise of supposedly providing assistance. The CPS is responsible for ‘political control and strategic management’ during military operations. Stalin at first panicked, but then assumed personal control over military operations. Because assassination is an act of war, such activities should always be considered a military operation. He has also noted that about half the cases this year occurred during active hostilities or combat operations in the Persian Gulf. He plans to do this by giving control of military operations and lucrative contracts to the United Nations. Mercado said four soldiers have so far been wounded in the military rescue operation launched by the government in the early hours of Saturday. It would direct defensive military operations should the United States be attacked. His leadership combined military operations, government administration, and economic management. I'm willing to give greater powers to an intelligence director provided we do not give him the power to direct military operations. The government often retaliates with military operations and air strikes. Previously the US has had problems with countries not letting them use their bases for military operations and in directly deploying troops to war zones. But first, we begin with two military operations, both of which may be tainted somewhat with controversy. Synonyms action, activity, exercise, affair, business, undertaking, step, enterprise, task, job, process, procedure, manoeuvre, campaign 3.1 A business organization; a company. he reopened his operation under a different name Example sentencesExamples Migrants from other islands working for the mining operation or smaller businesses are people who have been accustomed to working hours. Most companies have not made the transition from being multi-region organizations to truly global operations. Two of the bee keepers ran commercial operations involving as many as 800 hives, while many of the rest ran about 20 hives each. Today, the companies are vastly different operations and producing returns at opposite ends of the scale for their owners. At the lower levels of business activities within this sector are very small operations that employ as few as five employees at maximum. Des, struggling to establish his new business as a one-man operation, gets to grips with new briefs - and not just the legal kind. One method allows organic dairy operations to employ a one-year conversion. Businesses can range from a one-person operation through to those employing a sizeable workforce. That nice couple operate a dial-a-driver business as a part-time operation. Estate agents are being offered the chance to turn their businesses into round-the-clock operations, selling homes during both the day and night. But too many traditional members' golf clubs fail to recognise that most of Scotland's new courses are commercial operations run as leisure businesses. Although starting up an e-tailing operation often makes good business sense, it can make for a bear of a rollout. They recently opened a second operation in a different part of Dobsonville, and their business continues its phenomenal growth. Inquiries about a private operation produced an estimate of £19,000. Skip forward six months and we find a much different biodiesel-making operation. Synonyms business, enterprise, company, firm, organization, concern 3.2 An activity in which a business is involved. the company is selling most of its commercial banking operations Example sentencesExamples For the last twelve months or so a trial milking program has been undertaken to test the feasibility of a commercial operation later on. He called on the government to help reschedule loan repayments for those businesses with solid operations and good credit. Shops closed for business and normal operations ceased as close family gathered for the moving repatriation ceremony. The company will locate most of its back office functions for its operations in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia in Dublin. The sequence of banking operations involved in payment turns, in part, on whether there is a credit transfer or debit transfer. They are long on management talent and typically expect to be involved in the day-to-day operations of acquired businesses. A franchisee by contrast will have far less freedom in the day-to-day operations of the business. The parent firm in France will increase its holding in Thai operations and the company is trying to catch the wave of returning consumer confidence. I'm not really involved in the day-to-day operations of the business, but I'm trying to get more and more involved. The business is now mature enough for him to leave day-to-day operations to a management team. The company undergoing Chapter 11 expects to return to normal business operations and sound financial health in the future. Proxy voting is often the sole means by which investors can have a say in the business operations and societal activities of their company or mutual fund. The daily operations of American business have assumed a criminal character. Hence, its staff members had not developed and acquired adequate skills in those two core elements of banking operations. China is of particular interest to HSBC, which will continue to use Hong Kong as the base for its banking operations. The innovator innovates, only to end up managing the mundane day-to-day operations of a company. Not so long ago - three or four years - online operations were a business afterthought at newspapers. For the past year, the company has been putting in place the foundations of change, planning changes to its commercial operations and its style that it hopes will turn the business around. The LDC undertakes all commercial operations for the benefit of the Larrakia people. Participants in the program not only learn how to bake, serve food, and the basic operations of running a business, they also learn how to do laundry, banking and shop. 3.3 Preceding a code name for an organized military or police activity. Operation Desert Storm Example sentencesExamples Thus, I have started Operation Make a Soldier Smile. More than 75 Camp Pendleton Marines have sacrificed their lives in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Thanks once again to The General for dreaming up Operation Yellow Elephant. By launching Operation Market Garden, Field Marshal Montgomery had hoped to end the war by Christmas 1944. Prevention is a big Operation Enduring Freedom success. All this is in the name of Operation Enduring Freedom. This deployment is referred to as Operation Iraqi Freedom Three. Codenamed Operation Green it was led by the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, Sir Edward Crew. The first Operation Iraqi Freedom Medal of Honor nominee was named today. Canada sent a battalion to Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom. He sure did us proud as a commander of Operation Desert Storm. His USO tours criss-crossed the globe, from jungles to war zones, from World War II to Operation Desert Storm. A new NATO operation is underway in Afghanistan: Operation Get the Vote Out. Children at St Mark's Primary School in Danebury Road were busy in the run-up to Christmas, collecting gifts for Operation Christmas Child. Three road blocks were set up, in London Road, Swanscombe, Crooked Road and Rochester Road, in Gravesend, as part of drug-busting Operation Carrot. This time it's called Operation Desert Scorpion. A team of 80 volunteers will leave Shannon Airport on Friday as part of the Chernobyl Children's Project, Operation Hope XVI. Owen West served with the Marines in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Please head over to Operation Give if you've got a minute. First item on the agenda is Operation Lady in Red. 4Mathematics A process in which a number, quantity, expression, etc., is altered or manipulated according to formal rules, such as those of addition, multiplication, and differentiation. Example sentencesExamples Problems can be created to cover all math operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division! For example, one can have a group in which the objects are numbers and the combining operation is addition or multiplication. The inverse of an operation undoes the operation: division undoes multiplication. That is addition, multiplication and the two inverse operations of subtraction and division. Is she over-generalizing the order of operations, thinking that multiplication takes precedence over division? Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin operatio(n-), from the verb operari ‘expend labor on’ (see operate).
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