Synonym: act, carry on, conduct, function, handle, manage, perform, run, work. Similar words: cooperate, cooperate with, operator, operating, operation, cooperative, AND operation, tolerate. Meaning: ['ɑpəreɪt /'ɒp-] 
v. 1. direct or control; projects, businesses, etc. 2. perform as expected when applied 3. handle and cause to function 4. perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense 5. happen 6. keep engaged 7. perform surgery on.
v. 1. direct or control; projects, businesses, etc. 2. perform as expected when applied 3. handle and cause to function 4. perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense 5. happen 6. keep engaged 7. perform surgery on. 
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1 How do you operate the remote control unit?
2 The ability to initiate and operate independently.
3 Nearly all the tractors operate on diesel oil.
4 Drug traffickers operate across national boundaries.
5 This machine is too difficult to operate.
6 A number of councils operate mobile libraries.
7 Doctors say it's too risky to try and operate.
8 It is most urgent that we operate.
9 Solar panels can only operate in sunlight.
10 Most domestic freezers operate at below -18 ?C.
11 Ferry services operate between the islands and the mainland.
12 Some people can only operate well under pressure.
13 The army is now empowered to operate on a shoot-to-kill basis.
14 The government revoked her husband's license to operate migrant labor crews.
15 These thieves operate with terrifying stealth - they can easily steal from the pockets of unsuspecting travellers.
16 Some types of bike have brakes which you operate by backpedalling.
17 The machine can operate for 15 hours continuously at full power.
18 They operate three factories and a huge warehouse.
19 The doctor decided to operate at once.
20 The doctors decided to operate immediately.
21 These gangs operate with apparent impunity.
22 The contract clearly specifies who can operate the machinery.
23 Social workers operate on the razor's edge.
24 Today's pawnbrokers operate within well-defined financial regulations.
25 Computers operate using binary numbers.
26 The medicine will quickly operate on such patients.
27 My assistant will operate the tape-recorder.
28 The two departments operate independently of each other.
29 Consumption of alcohol impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery.
30 Prices are higher than they would be if market forces were allowed to operate freely.
More similar words: cooperate, cooperate with, operator, operating, operation, cooperative, AND operation, tolerate, desperate, generate, moderate, inveterate, desperately, accelerate, deliberately, opera, rate, refrigerator, consideration, generation gap, accurate, at any rate, decorate, strategy, corporate, strategic, elaborate, integrate, frustrate, accurately.