Co-operate
21operate — [[t]ɒ̱pəreɪt[/t]] ♦ operates, operating, operated 1) V ERG If you operate a business or organization, you work to keep it running properly. If a business or organization operates, it carries out its work. [V n] Until his death in 1986 Greenwood… …
22operate — 01. I didn t know how to [operate] the machine when I started the job, but I learned how to do it fairly quickly. 02. The computers are down, but they should be [operational] again within an hour or so. 03. The Johnsons have been [operating]… …
23operate — operatable, adj. /op euh rayt /, v., operated, operating. v.i. 1. to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly. 2. to work or use a machine, apparatus, or the like. 3. to act effectively; produce an… …
24operate*/*/*/ — [ˈɒpəˌreɪt] verb 1) [I/T] if equipment operates, or if you operate it, you use or control it and it works in the way it should The equipment was not operating properly.[/ex] The motor operates at very high speeds.[/ex] Do not operate machinery… …
25operate — v. 1) (d; intr.) to operate against (their troops were operating against the guerrillas) 2) (med.) (D; intr.) to operate for; on (the surgeon operated on her for appendicitis; she was operated on for appendicitis) * * * [ ɒpəreɪt] on (the surgeon …
26operate — / ɒpəreɪt/ verb 1. to be in force ● The new terms of service will operate from January 1st. ● The rules operate on inland postal services only. 2. to make something work or function ♦ to operate a machine to make a machine work ● He is learning… …
27operate on — verb perform surgery on The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life • Syn: ↑operate • Derivationally related forms: ↑operative (for: ↑operate), ↑operation ( …
28operate — [17] Operate belongs to a small family of English words that trace their history back to Latin opus ‘work’, which may be related to Sanskrit ápas ‘work’, Old English afol ‘power’, and Latin ops ‘wealth’ (source of English copious, copy, and… …
29operate — verb 1) he can operate the machine Syn: work, run, make go, use, utilize, handle, control, manage; drive, steer, maneuver 2) the machine ceased to operate Syn: function …
30operate — [17] Operate belongs to a small family of English words that trace their history back to Latin opus ‘work’, which may be related to Sanskrit ápas ‘work’, Old English afol ‘power’, and Latin ops ‘wealth’ (source of English copious, copy, and… …
