operations

NOUN

movement, working

Synonyms

STRONGEST

action activity affair agency application deal effort enterprise exercise force movement procedure process service transaction trip use work

STRONG

act ballgame bit conveyance course deed effect employment engagement exercising exertion exploitation handiwork happening influence instrumentality labor manipulation motion performance play proceeding progress progression scene transference undertaking workmanship

WEAK

carrying on doing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cessation idleness inaction inactivity indolence inertia laziness passivity stoppage

STRONG

repose rest

WEAK

inutility uselessness

NOUN

business concern

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affair deal enterprise transaction

STRONG

proceeding undertaking

Antonyms

WEAK

idleness inaction inutility uselessness

NOUN

surgical procedure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

surgery

STRONG

biopsy excision

Antonyms

WEAK

idleness inaction inutility uselessness

Example Sentences

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The company, which was registered in Qatar in October 2025, fully owns Sazan Operations Holding.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

“I don’t know anyone who has anything bad to say about her,” Paul Guyett, an engineer at Orbital Operations and a former Starship engineer at SpaceX, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

An official said the helicopter seen in the regional training was from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, or SOAR.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

By 1950 Operations Ezra and Nehemiah began, airlifting 120,000 Jews—90% of the community—to Israel.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

“The Director wants all Senior and Special Agents to report to the Operations Bay immediately.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston