0 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.
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:
Changes are being introduced to make the department operate more profitably.
Exchange rates are currently operating to the advantage of exporters.
operate as sth The company operates as an international delivery service for produce trading companies.
operate through sb/sth Centralized lenders operate through mortgage brokers and insurance companies.
operate at sth The plant is operating at barely 30% of capacity.
6 to do business in or from a particular place:
operate across/in/from sth We operate in 50 countries around the world.
We have representatives operating in most countries.
operate out of sth The organization operates out of a small office in the centre of town.
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.
In the procedure of calculation above, it can be easily seen that the next step is being operated with the remainder of the former step.
They have a vested interest in teaching it just as surgeons have a vested interest in operating on people.
I observed and took notes of each interaction from a distance and operated the tape-recorder myself.
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