operation
An organized activity involving multiple people.
Senses
An active process; a discharge of a function.
Data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction).
the activity of operating something such as a machine or business
a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments
(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
a business especially one run on a large scale
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
process or manner of functioning or operating
the state of being in effect or being operative
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- synonym
- functioningmathematical operationmathematical processmilitary operationperformanceprocedureprocesssurgerysurgical operationsurgical proceduresurgical processtrading operations
- alternatephrasing
- OperationOperations
- plural
- operations
- possessive
- operation's
- pluralpossessive
- operations'