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operating

[op-uh-rey-ting] / ˈɒp əˌreɪ tɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
causing to function
Synonyms
STRONGEST
performing running
STRONG
accomplishing administering conducting contriving determining directing driving executing finishing fulfilling guiding maintaining managing manipulating moving ordering practicing regulating revolving serving spinning supervising sustaining transacting turning using wielding
WEAK
at work
ADJECTIVE
functioning
Synonyms
STRONGEST
operational running working
STRONG
acting going producing
NOUN
management
Synonyms
STRONG
control managing
WEAK
direction operation

Example Sentences

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Later in this scene, during surgery, the actress’s actual body is hidden under the operating area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

She is best known as a midfielder but is equally at home in central defence, while there were also stints operating on the flanks in her younger days.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

By operating as a separate entity, GenCo isolates the cost of new growth to data centers, according to NiSource.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Greg Peters, chief operating officer, has been promoted to co-CEO and will share that title with Ted Sarandos.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

It wasn't a big company, just a small rural enterprise run by a couple of brothers operating out of a low-ceilinged concrete building.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris