1. operation - noun
· the state of being in effect or being operative; "that rule is no longer in operation"
Hypernym(s): action, activity, activeness
2. operation - noun
· 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"
Hypernym(s): business_activity, commercial_activity
3. operation - noun
· 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"
Hypernym(s): activity
4. operation - noun
· (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction); "it can perform millions of operations per second"
Hypernym(s): data_processing
5. operation - noun
· activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign); "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"
Synonym(s): military_operation
Hypernym(s): activity
6. operation - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): surgery, surgical_operation, surgical_procedure, surgical_process
Hypernym(s): medical_procedure
7. operation - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): procedure
Hypernym(s): work
8. operation - noun
· process or manner of functioning or operating; "the power of its engine determines its operation"; "the plane's operation in high winds"; "they compared the cooking performance of each oven"; "the jet's performance conformed to high standards"
Synonym(s): functioning, performance
Hypernym(s): process, physical_process
9. operation - noun
· (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering"
Synonym(s): process, cognitive_process, mental_process, cognitive_operation
Hypernym(s): cognition, knowledge, noesis
10. operation - noun
· (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"
Synonym(s): mathematical_process, mathematical_operation
Hypernym(s): calculation, computation, computing
11. operation - noun
· the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.); "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride"
Hypernym(s): activity
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