operate

operate is a 7-letter English word with 14 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.
2. intransitive verb. 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. intransitive verb. To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
4. intransitive verb. 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. intransitive verb. To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
6. transitive verb. To produce, as an effect; to cause.
7. transitive verb. To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work; as, to operate a machine.
8. verb. perform surgery on

   "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"

9. verb. happen

   "What is going on in the minds of the people?"

10. verb. perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense

    Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre

11. verb. handle and cause to function

    "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"

    "control the lever"

    Synonyms: control

12. verb. keep engaged

    "engaged the gears"

    Synonyms: engage, lock, mesh

13. verb. perform as expected when applied

    "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"

    "Does this old car still run well?"

    Synonyms: function, go, run, work

14. verb. direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.

    "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"

    Synonyms: run

Synonyms

maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, control, engage, lock, mesh, function, go, run, work

Common word forms

operated, operates, operating

Words from these letters

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