operations

/ˌɑpəˈreɪʃənz/
noun
  1. Activities or processes involved in running a business, organization, or system.
    • The company's operations include manufacturing, shipping, and customer service.
    • She manages the daily operations of the hospital.
    • The military operation required careful planning and coordination.
  2. Medical procedures performed on a patient, especially surgery.
    • The doctor performed two operations this morning.
    • Recovery from the operation took several weeks.
    • He needed an operation to remove his appendix.
  3. Mathematical processes such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.
    • In math class, students practiced basic operations like addition and multiplication.
    • The calculator can perform complex operations quickly.
    • Order of operations tells you which calculation to do first.
  4. Planned military or police actions.
    • The general briefed the troops on the upcoming operation.
    • Police launched a sting operation to catch the thieves.
    • The rescue operation saved three hikers from the mountain.
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