Operate Operated Operating System Extra Examples People Work

• most domestic freezers operate at below −18°c.
• solar panels can only operate in sunlight.
• some people can only operate well under pressure.
• what skills are needed to operate this machinery?

operate

Verb Forms

1. to work in a particular way
• Most domestic freezers operate at below −18°C.
• Solar panels can only operate in sunlight.
• Some people can only operate well under pressure.

Extra Examples

• The equipment was not operating properly.
• The machine can operate for 15 hours continuously at full power.
• Room air conditioners must be installed on a flat surface in order to operate efficiently.
• If hydraulic pressure is lost then a fail safe mechanism operates on the flywheels.
• Heating and cooling systems will operate only between the peak work hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
• The steel belts required lubricants to operate smoothly.
• We do safety checks, making sure the metal detector is operating correctly.
• When the system is operating, the output is 4 kilowatts of cold or 5.3 kilowatts of heat for every kilowatt of electricity.
• People learn best when they're operating in a less competitive mode.
• Teachers should not operate on the assumption that all children have access to the internet at home.
• Workplace conflict hampers an organization's ability to operate effectively.
2. to use or control a machine or make it work
• What skills are needed to operate this machinery?
• They use a remotely operated camera.
• The doors can be manually operated in the event of fire.

Extra Examples

• The machinery is easy to operate.
• Do not operate heavy machinery while taking this medication.
• A licensed driver is permitted by society to operate a vehicle.
• The front windows are electrically operated.
• An experienced pilot was operating the aircraft.
• 21st century lifeboat crews learn to operate hi-tech equipment.
• The teacher operates the camera and attempts to follow the students' storyboards.
• The animals can be trained to operate levers and push buttons in response to flashing lights.
3. to manage a business, organization or service
• The airline currently operates flights to 25 countries.
• By last year, the chain was operating 388 stores in 47 states.
• He started and operated a successful technology business.
• The company operates public transport services across the world.

Extra Examples

• He won one of three licenses to operate casinos in Macau.
• They operate 32 marketing teams across the country.
• The grill chain operates six restaurants in the Miami area.
• Some plants operate their own testing facilities.
• The company operates a global network of servers.
• Telecom Namibia operates the only public network in Namibia.
• The laboratory is still owned by the government but is now commercially operated.
4. to work, especially in a particular way or from a particular place
• A new late-night service is now operating.
• They plan to operate from a new office in Edinburgh.
• Retailers operate in a fast-paced environment.
• The business operates on a cooperative basis.
• We operate independently from our sister companies.

Extra Examples

• Illegal drinking clubs continue to operate in the city.
• Foreign businesses must wait about five months to get a license to operate.
• A shuttle bus service will operate to and from the showground.
• There are many factors that might affect a firm seeking to operate in a new market.
• Our members operate in areas including marketing, financial services, healthcare and housing.
• The goal of the plant is to operate in a just-in-time manner.
• Local authorities operate within a wider political system.
• The production operated within the ethical constraints imposed by the television network.
• The government does not operate according to fixed rules.
• The industry operates under rigid guidelines.
• At that time, the United States operated under the Meat Import Law of 1964.
• Their household operates on a tight budget.
• The hospital was operating normally.
• The internet harbours pharmacies that operate illegally.
• In wartime, markets do not operate freely.
• These wells have been operating safely for many years.
• Market conditions no longer allowed the company to operate profitably.
• We operate as an advisory service for schools.
• It will continue to operate as a separate company with its own sales and marketing team.
• Multiple similar companies already operate in the same area.
• His clinic operated out of Juarez in Mexico.
5. to be used or working; to use something or make it work
• The regulation operates in favour of married couples.
• He believes that sinister forces are operating.
• France operates a system of subsidized loans to dairy farmers.

Extra Examples

• In Germany, the recycling scheme has been operating for several years.
• A waiting list system will operate.
• circumstances in which natural selection is operating
• It has become apparent from the study of these cells there may be more than one mechanism operating.
• These people do not understand how the scientific process operates.
• Consumer law operates on a case-by-case basis.
• This system operates on the principle that lighter soils require less pesticide than darker soils.
• Standardize procedures to ensure the system operates efficiently.
• We like to believe that our legal system operates with scrupulous fairness.
• These people have no understanding of how the system operates, nor access to those who do.
• As described by Freud, the emotions of love and hate operate in a similar manner.
• Great works of art operate on many levels and can be interpreted in many different ways.
6. to cut open somebody’s body in order to remove a part that has a disease or to repair a part that is damaged
• Surgeons operated last night.
• We will have to operate on his eyes.
• She was operated on the next day.

Extra Examples

• Doctors operated for seven hours, amputating his right arm.
• It may be necessary to operate.
• Surgeons often operate during the night, and often after disturbed sleep.
• The surgeon operates to obtain tissue for histological examination.
• Doctors operated on her wrists.
• She died in hospital as surgeons operated on her.
• He was admitted to hospital and his foot was operated on.
• Surgeons operated on him for two hours to remove the blade.
• He will be operated on next week to have his colon removed.
7. to be involved in military activities in a place
• Troops are operating from bases in the north.

Word Origin

• early 17th cent.: from Latin operat- ‘done by labour’, from the verb operari, from opus, oper- ‘work’.