0 to (cause to) work, be in action or have an effect: --
Exchange rates are currently operating to the advantage of exporters.
We have representatives operating in most countries.
Changes are being introduced to make the department operate more efficiently.
For several years she operated a dating agency from her basement.
1 to cut a body open for medical reasons in order to repair, remove, or replace an unhealthy or damaged part: --
2 to work or cause something to work, be in action, or have an effect: --
[ I ] Changes are being introduced to make the department operate more efficiently.
3 to cut a body open in order to repair, remove, or replace an unhealthy or damaged part: --
4 to use or control equipment or a machine or to make something work: --
Older people are returning to classrooms for instruction in everything from operating a mouse to mastering spreadsheets.
5 if a business, system, etc. operates in a particular way, it works or is used in that way: --
operate at sth The plant is operating at barely 30% of capacity.
operate through sb/sth Centralized lenders operate through mortgage brokers and insurance companies.
operate as sth The company operates as an international delivery service for produce trading companies.
Exchange rates are currently operating to the advantage of exporters.
Changes are being introduced to make the department operate more profitably.
Modulation of the oil flow in the main valves is presently controlled by the pilot oil pressure through manually operated pilot control valves.
In fact, a change of pressure is the practical way to optimize a given machine (fixed geometry) to operate in a certain regime.
This was in part because it wanted to keep on good terms with the government that was operating in its interests.
A heavy-duty mobile manipulator while carrying a load, experiencing a force, or operating on uneven terrain needs to maintain its balance.
This suggests that any scaffolding provided by previous utterances operates at a highly lexically-specific level at this stage in development.
It is also the case that historic preservation virtually never operates this way either.
They favored the creation of strong central bureaucratic authorities to ensure that the new agglomerations of private power operated ultimately in the public interest.
Further, structural conditions may affect how the processes identified here operate.
