We found 46 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word operation:
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 General (26 matching dictionaries)
- operation: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
- operation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- operation: Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
- operation: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- OPERATION, Operation, operation: Wordnik [home, info]
- operation: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- Operation: Wiktionary [home, info]
- operation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- operation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- operation: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- operation: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- operation: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- Operation, operation: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- operation: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- Operation (board game), Operation (disambiguation), Operation (game), Operation (mathematics), Operation (military), Operation (universal algebra), Operation, The Operation (Golden Girls episode), The Operation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- Operation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- operation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- operation: Rhymezone [home, info]
- Operation (f), operation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- operation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- operation: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- operation: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- operation: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- operation: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- operation: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
- operation: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]
Business (3 matching dictionaries)
- Operation: MoneyGlossary.com [home, info]
- operation: INVESTORWORDS [home, info]
- Operation (disambiguation), operation: Legal dictionary [home, info]
Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
- Operation: Cybernetics and Systems [home, info]
- Operation (disambiguation), Operation (mathematics), operation: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
- operation: Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary [home, info]
- Operation: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary [home, info]
- Operation: Merck Manuals [home, info]
- operation: online medical dictionary [home, info]
- Operation: KidsHealth Glossary of Medical Words [home, info]
- Operation (disambiguation), operation: Medical dictionary [home, info]
- Operation: Drug Medical Dictionary [home, info]
Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
- Operation: Army Technology Glossary [home, info]
- Operation: Brilliant Dream Dictionary [home, info]
- operation: Idioms [home, info]
Science (3 matching dictionaries)
- Operation: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics [home, info]
- operation: MATH SPOKEN HERE! [home, info]
- operation: PlanetMath Encyclopedia [home, info]
Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
- Operation: AUTOMOTIVE TERMS [home, info]
- operation: DOD Dictionary of Military Terms [home, info]
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Quick definitions (operation)
▸ noun: the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.) ("Her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride")
▸ noun: a planned activity involving many people performing various actions ("They organized a rescue 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")
▸ 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")
▸ noun: activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) ("It was a joint operation of the navy and air force")
▸ noun: a business especially one run on a large scale ("A large-scale farming 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")
▸ noun: process or manner of functioning or operating ("The power of its engine determine its operation")
▸ noun: the state of being in effect or being operative ("That rule is no longer in operation")
▸ noun: (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods ("They were learning the basic operations of arithmetic")
▸ noun: (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents ("The cognitive operation of remembering")
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