Definitions

operation

[op-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌɒp əˈreɪ ʃən /

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

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He underwent a six-hour operation to remove the golf ball-sized tumour, but in July he learned that it had started to grow again.

From BBC

The union said the posts hadn’t disrupted school operations.

From The Wall Street Journal

Council leader John Cotton was joined at the hearing by Richard Brooks, executive director of city operations, and Anthony Cox, director of law and governance.

From BBC

If any US military operation were to be launched from the UK then Washington would be expected to inform its ally.

From BBC

The operation has raised uncertainty around how far the president is willing to go in Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal

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