operation

/หŒษ‘pษ™หˆษนeษชสƒษ™n/

IPA: /AA0 P ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    The method by which a device performs its function.

  2. 2

    The method or practice by which actions are done.

  3. 3

    The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

  4. 4

    A planned undertaking.

    โ€œThe Katrina relief operation was considered botched.โ€

  5. 5

    A business or organization.

    โ€œThey run a multinational produce-supply operation.โ€

  6. 6

    A surgical procedure.

    โ€œShe had an operation to remove her appendix.โ€

  7. 7

    A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).

  8. 8

    A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm)

  9. 9

    Effect produced; influence.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/operation