business, organization If you operate a business or organization, you work to keep it running properly. If a business or organization operates, it carries out its work.
Definition of operate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
operate (third-person singular simple present operates, present participle operating, simple past and past participle operated) (transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
to put or keep (a factory, industrial system, ranch, etc.) working or in operation: to operate a coal mine. to bring about, effect, or produce, as by action or the exertion of force or influence.
1. To control the functioning of; run: operate a sewing machine. 2. To conduct the affairs of; manage: operate a business. 3. To supply with power: a car that is operated by electricity.
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