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Synonyms for operation
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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. operationnoun

    Synonyms:
    transformation, function

English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. operation

    Operation is action considered with reference to the thing acted upon, and may apply to the action of an intelligent agent or of a material substance or force; as, the operation of a medicine. Performance and execution denote intelligent action, considered with reference to the actor or to that which he accomplishes; performance accomplishing the will of the actor, execution often the will of another; we speak of the performance of a duty, the execution of a sentence. Compare ACT.

    Synonyms:
    action, agency, effect, execution, force, influence, performance, procedure, result

    Antonyms:
    failure, inaction, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, inutility, powerlessness, uselessness

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. operation

    Synonyms:
    agency, action, exercise, production, influence, performance

    Antonyms:
    cessation, inaction, rest, inoperativeness, inefficacy, inefficiency, misoperation

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. operationnoun

    the state of being in effect or being operative

    "that rule is no longer in operation"

    Synonyms:
    process, performance, mathematical process, functioning, cognitive process, surgical operation, surgical process, mathematical operation, surgery, procedure, mental process, military operation, surgical procedure, cognitive operation

  2. operationnoun

    a business especially one run on a large scale

    "a large-scale farming operation"; "a multinational operation"; "they paid taxes on every stage of the operation"; "they had to consolidate their operations"

    Synonyms:
    process, performance, mathematical process, functioning, cognitive process, surgical operation, surgical process, mathematical operation, surgery, procedure, mental process, military operation, surgical procedure, cognitive operation

  3. operationnoun

    a planned activity involving many people performing various actions

    "they organized a rescue operation"; "the biggest police operation in French history"; "running a restaurant is quite an operation"; "consolidate the companies various operations"

    Synonyms:
    process, performance, mathematical process, functioning, cognitive process, surgical operation, surgical process, mathematical operation, surgery, procedure, mental process, military operation, surgical procedure, cognitive operation

  4. operationnoun

    (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)

    "it can perform millions of operations per second"

    Synonyms:
    process, performance, mathematical process, functioning, cognitive process, surgical operation, surgical process, mathematical operation, surgery, procedure, mental process, military operation, surgical procedure, cognitive operation

  5. operation, military operationnoun

    activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)

    "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"

    Synonyms:
    process, performance, mathematical process, functioning, cognitive process, surgical operation, surgical process, mathematical operation, surgery, procedure, mental process, military operation, surgical procedure, cognitive operation

  6. operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical processnoun

    a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

    "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"

    Synonyms:
    surgery, mathematical operation, process, procedure, operating room, surgical operation, operating theatre, cognitive operation, performance, functioning, operating theater, military operation, cognitive process, surgical procedure, mental process, mathematical process, surgical process

  7. operation, procedurenoun

    a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work

    "the operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool operations"

    Synonyms:
    routine, surgery, mathematical operation, process, procedure, subroutine, surgical operation, function, cognitive operation, performance, subprogram, functioning, military operation, cognitive process, surgical procedure, mental process, mathematical process, surgical process

  8. operation, functioning, performancenoun

    process or manner of functioning or operating

    "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"

    Synonyms:
    surgery, mathematical operation, process, procedure, surgical operation, cognitive operation, performance, public presentation, carrying into action, execution, functioning, carrying out, military operation, cognitive process, surgical procedure, mental process, mathematical process, surgical process

  9. process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operationnoun

    (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents

    "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering"

    Synonyms:
    surgery, mathematical operation, process, summons, functioning, surgical operation, cognitive operation, performance, physical process, mathematical process, procedure, outgrowth, military operation, cognitive process, unconscious process, surgical procedure, mental process, appendage, surgical process

  10. mathematical process, mathematical operation, operationnoun

    (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods

    "the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation"; "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic"

    Synonyms:
    mathematical operation, performance, cognitive operation, mathematical process, cognitive process, surgical operation, surgical process, process, surgery, procedure, functioning, military operation, surgical procedure, mental process

  11. operationnoun

    the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)

    "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride"

    Synonyms:
    process, performance, mathematical process, functioning, cognitive process, surgical operation, surgical process, mathematical operation, surgery, procedure, mental process, military operation, surgical procedure, cognitive operation

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. campaign

    Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. operationnoun

    Synonyms:
    action, agency, force, influence, effect

  2. operationnoun

    Synonyms:
    performance, procedure, process, proceeding, manipulation

  3. operationnoun

    Synonyms:
    movement, motion, manœuvre

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD3.0 / 1 vote

  1. operation

    Synonyms:
    Intervention, procedure

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How to use operation in a sentence?

  1. The NEA:

    For regions whose average wind power generation operation hours fell below the minimum requirements of the previous year, they will be given red alerts.

  2. Ippei Yamanaka:

    Members of the family shed tears as they went to see the site, it was particularly moving to see Mr. Sato's father asking the leader of the Kempeitai (a Japanese military rescue team), with many tears in his eyes, for them to continue the search operation and for it to finish earlier even by just one day.

  3. Judicial Watch:

    Andrew Weisman, a key prosecutor on Robert Mueller’s team, praised Obama DOJ holdover Sally Yates after she lawlessly thwarted President Trump, how much more evidence do we need that the Mueller operation has been irredeemably compromised by anti-Trump partisans?

  4. Matt Ashburn:

    Foreign adversaries remain persistent with ever-evolving techniques to steal valuable information – either for its intrinsic value or to launch additional attacks, thankfully, the private sector rapidly uncovered this operation, coordinated with trust and safety teams to prevent risk, and published the research to warn others.

  5. Naser Almhawish:

    You just freeze and you know that you are working and you are trying to save this guy, this is our duty. I didn’t ask if this guy was a military, civilian or anything. He’s a human being who needed an operation.


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