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operate
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[ verb ] direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
Synonyms Examples "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)Regarding Atlanta 's new million dollar airport , the jury recommended `` that when the new management takes_charge Jan. 1 the airport be operated in a manner that will eliminate political influences '' . (The New York Times,...)Later , Shea owned and operated the Long_Island Indians , a minor_league professional football_team . (Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)Acreage in_excess_of the minimum is good practice as recreation areas are never too large for the future and it is often more economical to operate one large area than several small ones . (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)A small business is defined as one which is independently owned and operated and which is not dominant in its field . The credit requirements stipulate that the applicant must have the ability to operate the business successfully and have enough capital in the business so that , with loan assistance from the SBA , it will be able to operate on a sound financial basis . |
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[ verb ] perform as expected when applied
Examples "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in" "Does this old car still run well?" "This old radio doesn't work anymore" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)The microscope and orthicon are both selected to operate well into the ultraviolet_spectrum , which means that all lenses must be quartz . (R. F. Shaw, "The `Private Eye`"...)Operating as a one_man police_force in fact if not in_name , he is at_once more independent and more dedicated than the police themselves . (Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)Its pretense to operate in the public interest is little more than a sham . But while the corporation has all the disadvantages of the socialist form of organization ( so cumbersome it cannot constructively do much of anything not compatible with its need to perpetuate itself and maintain its status_quo ) , unluckily it does not have the desirable aspect of socialism , the motivation to operate for the benefit of society as_a_whole . Ideally speaking , it should be allowed to operate only where the public has a great stake in the continuity of supply or services , and where the actions of a single proprietor are secondary to the needs of society . |
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[ verb ] handle and cause to function
Synonyms Examples "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol" "control the lever" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)The gadget faker operates or sells his phony machines for $ 5 to $ 10000 - anything the traffic will bear . (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)All samplers were operated for a period of two hours except one , which was operated for four hours . All samplers were operated for a period of two hours except one , which was operated for four hours . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)`` Have you ever operated a transit '' ? he said . |
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[ verb ] (military) perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
Used in print (The Wall Street Journal,...)The scope and significance of_this intervention have been grossly exaggerated by Communist propaganda ; here Kennan , operating with precise facts and figures , performs an excellent job of debunking . (The New York Times...)But to operate in American politics one must go a step further - one must build a bridge to such names , establish a warmth , a personal connection '' . (Covered Bridge Topics, XIX:2...)During the war it was in constant use by the wagon_trains transporting supplies from the railhead at Grafton to the troops operating in the interior . |
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[ verb ] happen
Synonyms Examples "What is going on in the minds of the people?" Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)In_other_words , the promulgators of the murder plan made clear that physically exterminating the Jews was but an extension of the anti-Semitic measures already operating in every phase of German life , and that the new conspiracy counted_on the general anti-Semitism that had made those measures effective , as a readiness for murder . (John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)This is the primary function of the imagination operating in the absence of the original experiential stimulus by which the images were first appropriated . Related terms |
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