operate

/ˈɒpəreɪt/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈɒpəreɪt/

operate

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

o - pe - rate -> operate

Myanmar meaning

(v) စီမံသည်။ လုပ်ဆောင်သည်။ စစ်ဆင်ရေး ပြုလုပ်သည်။

Full entry

operate /'ɒpǝreÇt / v

၁။ (က) (fml ) (စက်) အလုပ် လုပ်သည်၊ လည်ပတ်သည်။ How does the machine operate? ❍ The alarm was not operating.
(ခ) (စက် စသည်) မောင်းသည်၊ ဖွင့်သည်။ operate machinery ❍ He operates the lift. ❍ The radio is operated by batteries.
၂။ အာဏာသက်ရောက်သည်။ အကျိုးသက်ရောက်သည်။ A new timetable is now operating. ❍ The new law operates to our advantage.
၃။ လုပ်ငန်းလုပ်သည်။ လည်ပတ်သည်။ စီမံခန့်ခွဲသည်။ The company operates from offices in London. ❍ flights operated by Air France ❍ They operate three factories and a huge warehouse. ❍ operating costs/ expenses.
၄။ စစ်ဆင် သည်။ လှုပ်ရှားသည်။ bombers operating from bases in the North ❍ Police speed traps are operating on this motorway.
၅။ ~ (on sb) (for sth) ခွဲစိတ် ကုသသည်။ The doctors decided to operate (on her) immediately.
❏ operable /'ɒpǝrǝbl / adj (က) ခွဲစိတ်ကုသ၍ ရနိုင်သော။ The tumour is operable.
(ခ) လည်ပတ်နိုင်သော။ The mill machinery is still operable.
❏ operating system n ကွန်ပျူတာ စက်လည်ပတ် ရေးစနစ် ပရိုဂရမ်။
❏ operating table n ခွဲစိတ်ခန်းသုံး စားပွဲ။
The patient died on the operating table.
❏ operating theatre ( also theatre , esp US operation room) n ခွဲစိတ်ခန်း။

More examples

The ventilation equipment was not operating properly.
[operate on/at] : Many computers were still operating on a two-digit dating system.
The motor operates at very high speeds.
You should not operate machinery after taking this medication.
My job was to operate the telephone switchboard.
The company has been operating in Europe for two years.
[operate as] : Richardson’s will in future operate as a subsidiary of AFA.
[operate] : All the parties have to operate within the democratic system.
[operate on a] : The organization operates on a non-profit basis.
The car hire business is operated as a separate company.
The government will operate an interest-free loan system.
A licence to operate a passenger transport network
Flights operate every day from Birmingham.
Surgeons had to operate to remove the bullet.
[operate on] : The driver of the car was operated on immediately.
We may have to operate on your leg.
Racism operates at many levels, conscious and unconscious.
Very different factors were operating in the local and national elections.
[operate as] : This law effectively operates as a tax on education.
[operate as] : The sales staff usually operate as a team.
[operate by doing something] : Carlson operated by gaining people’s confidence and then taking their money.
She won’t argue with you – that’s not how she operates.

Synonyms

function, work, run, activate, control, drive, maneuver, accomplish, achieve, act, act on, administer, advance, amputate, be in action, be in charge, be in driver's seat, be in saddle, behave, bend, benefit, bring about, burn, call the play, call the shots, call the signals, carry on, carry out, carve up, click, command, compel, complete, concern, conduct, contact, contrive, convey, cook, cut, determine, direct, do, enforce, engage, excise, exert, explore, finish, fulfill, get results, go, handle, hit, hold the reins, hum, influence, keep, lift, make go, manage, manipulate, move, open up, ordain, organize, percolate, perform, perform surgery, pilot, play, ply, proceed, produce, produce a result, progress, promote, pull the strings, pull the wires, react, remove, revolve, roll, run the show, run things, serve, set, sit on top of, spin, steer, take, tick, trade, transplant, transport, treat, turn, use, wield

Antonyms

abandon, abstain, begin, cease, consume, create, decrease, destroy, discontinue, disenchant, dishonor, drop, fail, give, give up, halt, hesitate, hinder, hold, idle, ignore, leave alone, let go, lose, maintain, mismanage, miss, neglect, overlook, receive, refrain, refuse, reject, release, remain, repulse, retreat, retrogress, start, steady, stop