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operation

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of operation

1 a specific task with which a person or group is charged
  • a secret operation which, if it is discovered, the government will deny any knowledge of
Synonyms of operation

assignment, brief, business, charge, detail, job, mission, post
Words Related to operation

burden, chore, duty, need, obligation, office, requirement, responsibility

errand, labor, work

commitment, pledge, promise

appointment, commission, designation, nomination

compulsion, constraint, restraint
2 a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result
  • A specific mathematical operation is required in order to get the correct answer.
Synonyms of operation

course, procedure, proceeding, process
Words Related to operation

drill, routine

fashion, form, manner, method, mode, style, system, technique, way

approach, arrangement, blueprint, design, formula, game plan, ground plan, layout, plan, plot, program, project, recipe, scheme, strategy
3 the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something
  • Operation of the business fell to the founder's children.
Synonyms of operation

administration, care, charge, conduct, control, direction, governance, government, guidance, handling, intendance, management, oversight, presidency, regulation, running, stewardship, superintendence, superintendency, supervision
Words Related to operation

generalship, leadership, rulership

agency

aegis (also egis), custody, guardianship, keeping, lap, protection, safekeeping, trust, tutelage, ward

engineering, logistics, machination, manipulation

coadministration, codirection, comanagement
4 the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose
  • A considerable amount of training is required for the operation of these new high-tech machines.
Synonyms of operation

application, employment, exercise, play, usage, use
Words Related to operation

exertion

reuse
Near Antonyms of operation

disuse, nonuse

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