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Antonyms for operation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : op-uh-rey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɒp əˈreɪ ʃən |
Definition of operation
Origin :- late 14c., "action, performance, work," also "the performance of some science or art," from Old French operacion "operation, working, proceedings," from Latin operationem (nominative operatio) "a working, operation," from past participle stem of operari "to work, labor" (in Late Latin "to have effect, be active, cause"), from opera "work, effort," related to opus (genitive operis) "a work" (see opus). The surgical sense is first attested 1590s. Military sense of "series of movements and acts" is from 1749.
- noun movement, working
- noun business concern
- noun surgical procedure
- This operation is performed by a female, with the aid of a stamp.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
- This operation is performed by the aid of a punch and die fitted into a screw-press.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
- The physician replied that it was not far enough advanced for an operation.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- He remembered the day Max had done the Edwardes operation, and how proud he had been of him.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- This operation takes about twenty minutes, and at one operation about 1½ cwt.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various
- This is an operation too difficult for a weak force to accomplish.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- Gas is indispensable in the operation of dirigible balloons, and gas is expensive.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- My heart grew bitter in me when the news came of Harry's operation.
- Extract from : « The Comrade In White » by W. H. Leathem
- She was making the tea when Arthur came in, and now hastily finished that operation.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- The Benedictines and Cluniacs had no stated times or seasons for the operation.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
Synonyms for operation
- act
- action
- activity
- affair
- agency
- application
- ballgame
- biopsy
- bit
- carrying on
- conveyance
- course
- deal
- deed
- doing
- effect
- effort
- employment
- engagement
- enterprise
- excision
- exercise
- exercising
- exertion
- exploitation
- force
- handiwork
- happening
- influence
- instrumentality
- labor
- manipulation
- motion
- movement
- performance
- play
- procedure
- proceeding
- process
- progress
- progression
- scene
- service
- surgery
- transaction
- transference
- trip
- undertaking
- use
- work
- workmanship
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