0 present participle of operate --
1 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.
2 to cut a body open for medical reasons in order to repair, remove, or replace an unhealthy or damaged part: --
Nonetheless, he identifies federal elements operating on two levels.
Beyond the perceived political advantages, this listing also suggests economic advantages in that municipalities will have lower operating costs and that organizational innovation will increase.
They represent the basic evolutionary unit when both biological and cultural selection processes are operating in association.
A small number only are exclusive to one or another operating system.
Ethical approval for the survey was obtained from the four local research ethics committees operating within the district.
Clearly there are forces operating both for and against total assimilation.
Interactions with other factors operating in the field (particularly moisture content and anaerobic conditions) should also be ascertained.
This idea constitutes a basic compositional premise that can be observed in works written by 20th-century composers operating under a number of different artistic assumptions.
