OPERATING

operational, in operation, operating

(adjective) being in effect or operation; “de facto apartheid is still operational even in the ‘new’ African nations”- Leslie Marmon Silko; “bus service is in operation during the emergency”; “the company had several operating divisions”

operating

(adjective) involved in a kind of operation; “the operating conditions of the oxidation pond”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

operating (not comparable)

In operation; that operates.

Involved in an operation.

Verb

operating

present participle of operate

Anagrams

• orange tip, orangetip, pignorate

Source: Wiktionary


OPERATE

Op"er*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Operated; p. pr. & vb. n. Operating.] Etym: [L. operatus, p.p. of operari to work, fr. opus, operis, work, labor; akin to Skr. apas, and also to G. üben to exercise, OHG. uoben, Icel. . Cf. Inure, Maneuver, Ure.]

1. To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

2. To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (Med.), to take appropriate effect on the human system.

3. To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence. The virtues of private persons operate but on a few. Atterbury. A plain, convincing reason operates on the mind both of a learned and ignorant hearer as long as they live. Swift.

4. (Surg.)

Definition: To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.

5. To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits. [Brokers' Cant]

Op"er*ate, v. t.

1. To produce, as an effect; to cause. The same cause would operate a diminution of the value of stock. A. Hamilton.

2. To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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