Operate Work Operated Operating Domestic Freezers Verb Bre

• 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

1. to work in a particular way
• synonym function
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• Most domestic freezers operate at below −18°C.
• Solar panels can only operate in sunlight.
• Some people can only operate well under pressure.
2. to use or control a machine or make it work
• What skills are needed to operate this machinery?
3. to be used or working; to use something or make it work
• A new late-night service is now operating.
• The regulation operates in favour of married couples.
• The airline operates flights to 25 countries.
• France operates a system of subsidized loans to dairy farmers.
4. to work in a particular way or from a particular place
• They plan to operate from a new office in Edinburgh.
• Illegal drinking clubs continue to operate in the city.
5. to cut open somebody’s body in order to remove a part that has a disease or to repair a part that is damaged
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• The doctors operated last night.
• We will have to operate on his eyes.
• to operate for suspected acute appendicitis
6. to be involved in military activities in a place
• Troops are operating from bases in the north.

Extra Examples

• Local authorities operate within a wider political system.
• The airline currently operates 115 routes to 39 airports in 13 countries.
• The doors can be manually operated in the event of fire.
• The equipment was not operating properly.
• The government does not operate according to fixed rules.
• The hospital was operating normally.
• The industry operates under rigid guidelines.
• The laboratory is still owned by the government but is now commercially operated.
• The machine can operate for 15 hours continuously at full power.
• The machinery is easy to operate.
• We operate as an advisory service for schools.
• We will have to operate on her eyes.
• systems designed to operate at the highest speeds
• Most domestic freezers operate at below -18 °C.
• The animals can be trained to operate levers and push buttons in response to flashing lights.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they operate
• he / she / it operates
• past simple operated
• past participle operated
• -ing form operating

Word Origin

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