Question 1 · Quick check
operate
CEFRA2
/ˈɒpəɹeɪt/
verb
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To control or use a machine, system, or business.
- 02
verb
To perform surgery on a person or animal.
Examples
Most domestic freezers operate at below −18°C.
The doctor decided to operate at once.
At a glance
Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo produce an effect.
To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (medicine) to take appropriate effect on the human system.
More examples
In contextThe engineer demonstrated how to operate the sophisticated system.
Could someone explain how this meeting operates?
In this town, the garbage removal staff operate between six o'clock at midnight.
Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.
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Origin
verb
From Latin operātus, perfect passive participle of operor (“to work, labor, toil, have effect”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).