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'operation' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'operation' with 20 example sentences.

operation noun

: the state of being in effect or being operative

: a business especially one run on a large scale

: a planned activity involving many people performing various actions

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

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

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

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

: process or manner of functioning or operating

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

: (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods

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

operations surgical operation military operation rescue operation
  • The surgeon persuaded me to undergo an organ transplant operation.
  • How many operations has Dr. Jackson performed this month?
  • My operation went very well.
  • My father has been in good shape since his operation.
  • My grandmother had an operation in Germany.
  • Father is going to undergo an operation.
  • It took the doctor eight hours to do the operation.
  • Doctors refused to perform a second operation.
  • They kept the information about the military operations a secret.
  • The operation begins at dawn.
  • Operations were resumed on Monday.
  • I don't need an operation.
  • The doctor made his patient relax before the operation.
  • It's a cloak-and-dagger operation.
  • It's a risky operation.
  • The factory will cease operations next month.
  • He said to himself, "Will this operation result in success?"
  • I'm closing this operation down.
  • Only an immediate operation can save the patient's life.
  • The Mafia uses legitimate business operations as a front.

    • Words related to 'operation'

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