English

Etymology
L. operatus, past participle of operari to work, from opus, operis, work, labor

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-operate.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb
en-verb|operat|ing

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.
4. medicine 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.
6. To produce, as an effect; to cause.
7. To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine.

Derived terms
operation
operative
operator

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Derived terms)
trans-top|
Arabic: Arab|شغ� IPAchar|(šá��ala)
Chinese: �� (c�ozuò)
Dutch: aandrijven, opereren
Finnish: toimia
French: opérer
German: operieren
Hungarian: működik, üzemel
trans-mid
Italian: operare, attivare
Japanese: ���� (������, unei suru)
Korean: 경��� (gyeong-yeonghada)
Portuguese: operar
Russian: опе�и�ова�� (operírovat�)
Spanish: operar
Swedish: operera
trans-bottom

References
R:1913

Italian

Adjective
operate p

1. feminine of|operato#Adjective|operato

Verb
operate

1. second-person plural present tense of operare
2. second-person plural imperative of operare
3. feminine plural past participle of operare

Category:Italian adjective forms
Category:Italian verb forms

de:operate
fa:operate
fr:operate
io:operate
it:operate
hu:operate
pl:operate
fi:operate
te:operate
vi:operate
zh:operate

• 2007-12-05 04:32 - AutoFormat - +{{rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section (AutoFormat would have corrected level of Derived terms)}}

Full Revision History