operations Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records
   trading operations.
   
2. noun the state of being in effect or being operative
   operation.
   
   • that rule is no longer in operation
3. noun a business especially one run on a large scale
   operation.
   
   • a large-scale farming operation
   • a multinational operation
   • they paid taxes on every stage of the operation
   • they had to consolidate their operations
4. noun a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
   operation.
   
   • they organized a rescue operation
   • the biggest police operation in French history
   • running a restaurant is quite an operation
   • consolidate the companies various operations
5. noun (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
   operation.
   
   • it can perform millions of operations per second
6. noun activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
   operation; military operation.
   
   • it was a joint operation of the navy and air force
7. noun a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
   surgical operation; surgical procedure; operation; surgical process; surgery.
   
   • they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available
   • he died while undergoing surgery
8. noun a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
   operation; procedure.
   
   • the operations in building a house
   • certain machine tool operations
9. noun process or manner of functioning or operating
   performance; operation; functioning.
   
   • the power of its engine determines its operation
   • the plane's operation in high winds
   • they compared the cooking performance of each oven
   • the jet's performance conformed to high standards
10. noun (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
    process; operation; cognitive process; mental process; cognitive operation.
    
    • the process of thinking
    • the cognitive operation of remembering
11. noun (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
    mathematical operation; operation; mathematical process.
    
    • the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation
    • they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic
12. noun the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
    operation.
    
    • her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride

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