Word OPERATE: meanings, synonyms & antonyms

operate

🇺🇸 [ˈɑːpəreɪt]

Meanings

To control or manage a machine, system, or process, often in a functional or technical manner. It can also mean to work or function in a specific way, such as how a business or organization is run. This term may refer to both physical actions and mental processes involved in controlling something.

Examples

• He learned how to operate the new machinery at work.
• The company operates in several countries worldwide.
• She had to operate on the patient to fix the injury.

Synonyms

function • control • run

Antonyms

malfunction • cease • stop