0 present participle of operate
1 to (cause to) work, be in action or have an effect:
For several years she operated a dating agency from her basement.
Changes are being introduced to make the department operate more efficiently.
We have representatives operating in most countries.
Exchange rates are currently operating to the advantage of exporters.
2 to cut a body open for medical reasons in order to repair, remove, or replace an unhealthy or damaged part:
The video provides instruction on how to operate the computer.
The legal system operates very differently in the US and Britain.
Terrorists have been operating covertly in England for several years.
But if both processes are operating, what explanation provides a synthesis?
Nevertheless, it creates the willingness to finance operating costs of projects undertaken.
This was in part because it wanted to keep on good terms with the government that was operating in its interests.
