Operate

/ˈɑːpəˌreɪt/ (US), /ˈɒpəˌreɪt/ (UK) verb

Definition

To operate something is to make it work or control how it runs. In medicine, to operate means to perform surgery on someone.

Etymology

From Latin “operari” meaning “to work, labor, carry out.” It passed through French and English with the sense of doing a task or producing an effect, which later extended to using machines and doing surgery.

Kelly Says

The root of ‘operate’ is about work, not machines, which shows how we first imagined tools as extra hands doing human labor. A surgeon ‘operating’ is literally just ‘working’ with super-precise tools inside the body.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ስራ
sira
ARالعربية
يعمل
ya-amel
BNবাংলা
চালু করা
cha-lu-kora
CACatalà
operar
o-pe-rar
CSČeština
fungovat
fun-go-vat
DADansk
drive
drayv
DEDeutsch
betreiben
be-trei-ben
ELΕλληνικά
λειτουργεί
li-tor-gei
ESEspañol
operar
o-pe-rar
FAفارسی
عملکرد
amal-kard
FISuomi
toimintaa
toi-min-taa
FRFrançais
opérer
o-pe-re
GUGU
ચલાવવું
cha-la-va-vu
HAHA
aiki
a-iki
HEעברית
פעול
pe-ool
HIहिन्दी
क्रिया करना
kri-ya kar-na
HUMagyar
működtet
mook-o-d-tet
IDBahasa Indonesia
operasikan
o-pe-ra-si-kan
IGIG
rụọ
roo
ITItaliano
operare
o-pe-ra-re
JA日本語
動作する
dō-saku suru
KKKK
өнер
ö-ner
KMKM
ប្រើ
preu
KO한국어
운영하다
un-yeong-hada
MRMR
चालू करणे
cha-loo ka-ra-ne
MSBahasa Melayu
beroperasi
be-ro-pe-ra-si
MYမြန်မာ
လုပ်
loht
NLNederlands
opereren
o-pe-re-ren
NONorsk
drive
drayv
PAPA
ਕੰਮ
kam
PLPolski
działać
dzya-l-a-c
PTPortuguês
operar
o-pe-rar
RORomână
opera
o-pe-ra
RUРусский
действовать
dey-stvoo-vat
SVSvenska
driva
dree-va
SWKiswahili
endesha
en-de-sha
TAதமிழ்
இயங்க
iy-an-ga
TEతెలుగు
చালిస్తుంది
cha-li-stu-ndi
THไทย
ทำงาน
tam-nung
TLTL
pagana
pa-ga-na
TRTürkçe
çalıştırmak
cha-li-stir-mak
UKУкраїнська
діяти
di-ya-tyi
URاردو
کام کرنا
kam kar-na
VITiếng Việt
hoạt động
hoa-t động
YOYO
ṣeṣẹ
she-she
ZH中文
操作
cāo zhì
ZUZU
uthatha
oo-tha-tha

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