operate

/ˈɒpəreɪt/ verb

Translation

ORGANIZATION [I, T] › If an organization or business operates, it is working, and if you operate it, you manage it and make it work.

işlemek, işletmek, faaliyet göstermek, faaliyette bulunmak

Our company is operating under very difficult conditions at present.1877

MACHINE [I, T] › If a machine operates, it does what it is designed to do, and if you operate it, you make it do what it is designed to do.

çalışmak, çalıştırmak, işlemek, işletmek

You have to be trained to operate the machinery. These new sewing machines are easy to operate.1358

TREATMENT [I] › to treat an illness or injury by cutting someone's body and removing or repairing part of it

ameliyat yapmak

I don't think they're going to operate. Did they have to operate on him?400

(Definition of operate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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