operation | the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.), her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride |
operation | a planned activity involving many people performing various actions, they organized a rescue operation, the biggest police operation in French history, running a restaurant is quite an operation, consolidate the companies various operations |
rescue operation | an operation organized to free from danger or confinement |
undercover operation | an operation involving secret work within a community or institution |
buy-and-bust operation | an undercover operation by narcotics detectives to catch unsuspecting drug dealers |
operation procedure | a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work, the operations in building a house, certain machine tool operations |
operation surgery surgical operation surgical procedure surgical process | a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments, performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body, they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available, he died while undergoing surgery |
eye operation eye surgery | any surgical procedure involving the eyes |
sexhange operation transsexual surgery | surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that the resemble those of the opposite sex |
Shirodkar's operation purse-string operation | a surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix in a pregnant woman, is performed when the cervix has failed to retain previous pregnancies |
function office part role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group, the function of a teacher, the government must do its part, play its role |
suicide mission martyr operation sacrifice operation | killing or injuring others while annihilating yourself, usually accomplished with a bomb |
sting operation | a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals) |
contribution part share | the part played by a person in bringing about a result, I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project, they all did their share of the work |
riot control riot control operation | the measures taken to control a riot |
mathematical process mathematical operation operation | (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods, the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation, they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic |
arithmetic operation | a mathematical operation involving numbers |
matrix operation | a mathematical operation involving matrices |
operation military operation | activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign), it was a joint operation of the navy and air force |
combined operation | a military operation carried out cooperatively by two or more allied nations or a military operation carried out by coordination of sea, land, and air forces |
maneuver manoeuvre simulated military operation | a military training exercise |
peacekeeping peacekeeping mission peacekeeping operation | the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations) |
amphibious operation | a military operation by both land and sea forces |
intelligence intelligence activity intelligence operation | the operation of gathering information about an enemy |
clandestine operation | an intelligence operation so planned and executed as to insure concealment |
exfiltration operation | a clandestine rescue operation to bring a defector or refugee or an operative and family out of danger |
psychological operation psyop | military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments |
covert operation | an intelligence operation so planned as to permit plausible denial by the sponsor |
black operation | a covert operation not attributable to the organization carrying it out |
overt operation | the collection of intelligence openly without concealment |
operation | a business especially one run on a large scale, a large-scale farming operation, a multinational operation, they paid taxes on every stage of the operation, they had to consolidate their operations |
field field of operation line of business | a particular kind of commercial enterprise, they are outstanding in their field |
part-singing | singing with three or more voice parts |
Meuse Meuse River Argonne Argonne Forest Meuse-Argonne Meuse-Argonne operation | an American operation in World War I (), American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November |
Operation Desert Storm | the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted hours () |
auto part car part | a component of an automobile, his business is auto parts |
part portion | something less than the whole of a human artifact, the rear part of the house, glue the two parts together |
spare part spare | an extra component of a machine or other apparatus |
stern after part quarter poop tail | the rear part of a ship |
good part | a place of especial strength |
weak part weak spot soft spot | a place of especial vulnerability |
body part | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
external body part | any body part visible externally |
structure anatomical structure complex body part bodily structure body structure | a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing, he has good bone structure |
part parting | a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions, his part was right in the middle |
part | that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation, it requires vigilance on our part, they resisted every effort on his part |
process cognitive process mental process operation cognitive operation | (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity, an operation that affects mental contents, the process of thinking, the cognitive operation of remembering |
part section division | one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole, the written part of the exam, the finance section of the company, the BBC's engineering division |
character role theatrical role part persona | an actor's portrayal of someone in a play, she played the part of Desdemona |
bit part minor role | a small role |