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operation

noun · 21 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American, dialectal: /ˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ of Canada
  • General-American, dialectal: /ˌɑ.pɚˈeɪ.ʃən/ of Canada
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ of the US
  • Australian: /ˌɔp.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/
  • New-Zealand: /ˌɒp.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/
  • New-Zealand: [ˌɔ̟p.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən]
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: AA2 P ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The method by which a device performs its function.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in operation.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The method or practice by which actions are done.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: operating

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A planned undertaking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets.
  • The Katrina relief operation was considered botched.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A business or organization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • We run our operation from a storefront.
  • They run a multinational produce-supply operation.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A surgical procedure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • She had an operation to remove her appendix.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, logic, mathematics, natural-sciences, philosophy, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • The number of operands associated with an operation is called its arity; an operation of arity 2 is called a binary operation.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: function, transformation

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands).

A function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Qualifier: more formally

Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, logic, mathematics, natural-sciences, philosophy, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: function, transformation

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Effect produced; influence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: activity

12

noun

Meaning 12

a planned activity involving many people performing various actions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they organized a rescue operation
  • the biggest police operation in French history
  • running a restaurant is quite an operation
  • consolidate the companies various operations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: activity

Narrower terms: rescue operation, undercover operation

13

noun

Meaning 13

a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the operations in building a house
  • certain machine tool operations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: procedure

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: work

14

noun

Meaning 14

a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available
  • he died while undergoing surgery

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medical procedure

Narrower terms: catheterization, catheterisation, ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision, amputation, angioplasty, arthroplasty, arthroscopy, brain surgery, castration, cautery, cauterization, cauterisation, chemosurgery, craniotomy, cryosurgery, curettage, curettement, debridement, decortication, dilation and curettage, dilatation and curettage, D and C, electrosurgery, enterostomy, enterotomy, enucleation, wrong-site surgery, evisceration, exenteration, eye operation, eye surgery, fenestration, gastrectomy, gastroenterostomy, gastrostomy, heart surgery, hemorrhoidectomy, haemorrhoidectomy, hysterotomy, implantation, intestinal bypass, jejunostomy, major surgery, microsurgery, minor surgery, myotomy, myringectomy, myringoplasty, myringotomy, neurosurgery, orchiopexy, osteotomy, ostomy, palatopharyngoplasty, PPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, UPPP, phlebectomy, photocoagulation, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty, polypectomy, resection, rhinotomy, rhizotomy, sex-change operation, transsexual surgery, Shirodkar's operation, purse-string operation, sterilization, sterilisation, strabotomy, taxis, tracheostomy, tracheotomy, transplant, transplantation, organ transplant, trephination, tympanoplasty, uranoplasty, vasovasostomy, vivisection

15

noun

Meaning 15

(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation
  • they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mathematical process, mathematical operation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: calculation, computation, computing

Narrower terms: permutation, combination, differentiation, maximization, integration, exponentiation, involution, arithmetic operation, matrix operation, construction, relaxation, relaxation method

16

noun

Meaning 16

activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it was a joint operation of the navy and air force

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: military operation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: activity

Narrower terms: combined operation, maneuver, manoeuvre, simulated military operation, campaign, military campaign, naval campaign, mission, military mission, support, reinforcement, reenforcement, attack, onslaught, onset, onrush, offense, offence, offensive, peacekeeping, peacekeeping mission, peacekeeping operation, amphibious operation, information gathering, psychological operation, psyop, covert operation, Meuse, Meuse River, Argonne, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne, Meuse-Argonne operation, Operation Desert Storm

17

noun

Meaning 17

a business especially one run on a large scale

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a large-scale farming operation
  • a multinational operation
  • they paid taxes on every stage of the operation
  • they had to consolidate their operations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: business activity, commercial activity

18

noun

Meaning 18

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the process of thinking
  • the cognitive operation of remembering

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: process, cognitive process, mental process, cognitive operation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cognition, knowledge, noesis

Narrower terms: basic cognitive process, higher cognitive process

19

noun

Meaning 19

(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it can perform millions of operations per second

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: data processing

Narrower terms: access, memory access, asynchronous operation, auxiliary operation, off-line operation, boolean operation, binary operation, binary arithmetic operation, computer operation, machine operation, concurrent operation, control operation, control function, dyadic operation, fixed-cycle operation, logic operation, logical operation, monadic operation, unary operation, multiplex operation, parallel operation, simultaneous operation, printing operation, search, lookup, serial operation, sequential operation, consecutive operation, sort, sorting, synchronous operation, threshold operation

20

noun

Meaning 20

process or manner of functioning or operating

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the power of its engine determines its operation
  • the plane's operation in high winds
  • they compared the cooking performance of each oven
  • the jet's performance conformed to high standards

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: functioning, performance

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: process, physical process

21

noun

Meaning 21

the state of being in effect or being operative

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • that rule is no longer in operation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: action, activity, activeness

Narrower terms: commission, running, idle

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h3ep- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3épos Proto-Italic *opos Latin opus Latin opera Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin operor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin operātiōder. Old French operacionbor. Middle English operacioun English operation From Middle English operacioun, from Old French operacion, from Latin operātiō, from the verb operor (“to work”), from opus, operis (“work”). Equivalent to operate + -ion.

Across languages

Translations

299 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: operasie — method by which a device performs its function
  • Arabic: عَمَلِيَّة (ʕamaliyya) — method by which a device performs its function
  • Arabic: عَمَل (ʕamal) — method by which a device performs its function
  • Bashkir: ғәмәл (ğəməl) — method by which a device performs its function
  • Belarusian: дзея́нне (dzjejánnje) — method by which a device performs its function
  • Belarusian: дзея́ньне (dzjejánʹnje) — method by which a device performs its function
  • Bulgarian: де́йствие (déjstvie) — method by which a device performs its function
  • Catalan: operació — method by which a device performs its function
  • Chinese Mandarin: 运营 (yùnyíng) — method by which a device performs its function
  • Chinese Mandarin: 操作 (cāozuò) — method by which a device performs its function
  • Cornish: oberyans — method by which a device performs its function
  • Czech: provoz — method by which a device performs its function
  • Dutch: operatie — method by which a device performs its function
  • Estonian: toiming — method by which a device performs its function
  • Finnish: toiminta — method by which a device performs its function
  • French: opération — method by which a device performs its function
  • French: fonctionnement — method by which a device performs its function
  • French: exploitation — method by which a device performs its function
  • Galician: operación — method by which a device performs its function
  • German: Betrieb — method by which a device performs its function
  • Greek: λειτουργία (leitourgía) — method by which a device performs its function
  • Hungarian: működés — method by which a device performs its function
  • Hungarian: üzemelés — method by which a device performs its function
  • Hungarian: működtetés — method by which a device performs its function
  • Hungarian: üzemeltetés — method by which a device performs its function
  • Icelandic: starf — method by which a device performs its function
  • Icelandic: vinnsla — method by which a device performs its function
  • Ido: operaco — method by which a device performs its function
  • Irish: oibriú — method by which a device performs its function
  • Irish: oibriúchán — method by which a device performs its function
  • Italian: operazione — method by which a device performs its function
  • Japanese: 作業 (sagyō) — method by which a device performs its function
  • Japanese: 操作 (sōsa) — method by which a device performs its function
  • Korean: 작용 (jagyong) — method by which a device performs its function
  • Norman: opéthâtion — method by which a device performs its function
  • Occitan: operacion — method by which a device performs its function
  • Polish: działanie — method by which a device performs its function
  • Polish: funkcjonowanie — method by which a device performs its function
  • Portuguese: operação — method by which a device performs its function
  • Romanian: operație — method by which a device performs its function
  • Romanian: operațiune — method by which a device performs its function
  • Romanian: operare — method by which a device performs its function
  • Russian: де́йствие (déjstvije) — method by which a device performs its function
  • Spanish: operación — method by which a device performs its function
  • Swahili: operesheni — method by which a device performs its function
  • Swedish: operation — method by which a device performs its function
  • Tagalog: sakilos — method by which a device performs its function
  • Tagalog: operasyon — method by which a device performs its function
  • Tamil: இயக்கம் (iyakkam) — method by which a device performs its function
  • Turkish: çalışma — method by which a device performs its function
  • Ukrainian: ді́я (díja) — method by which a device performs its function
  • Ukrainian: ді́яння (díjannja) — method by which a device performs its function
  • Vietnamese: hoạt động — method by which a device performs its function
  • Welsh: gweithrediad — method by which a device performs its function
  • Bashkir: ғәмәл (ğəməl) — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Catalan: operació — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Czech: postup — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Estonian: toiming — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Finnish: toiminta — method or practice by which actions are done
  • French: opération — method or practice by which actions are done
  • German: Betrieb — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Hungarian: eljárás — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Icelandic: starfsemi — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Icelandic: starfræksla — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Icelandic: rekstur — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Icelandic: framkvæmd — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Ido: operaco — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Italian: operazione — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Latvian: operācija — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Norman: opéthâtion — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Portuguese: funcionamento — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Romanian: operație — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Swahili: operesheni — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Tagalog: sakilos — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Turkish: çalışma — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Turkish: işleyiş — method or practice by which actions are done
  • Welsh: gweithrediad — method or practice by which actions are done
  • French: gestion — the act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral
  • Hungarian: tevékenység — the act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral
  • Italian: esercizio — the act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral
  • Italian: gestione — the act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral
  • Tamil: இயக்கம் (iyakkam) — the act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral
  • Belarusian: апера́цыя (apjerácyja) — a planned undertaking
  • Belarusian: апэра́цыя (aperácyja) — a planned undertaking
  • Bulgarian: опера́ция (operácija) — a planned undertaking
  • Czech: operace — a planned undertaking
  • French: opération — a planned undertaking
  • German: Operation — a planned undertaking
  • Hungarian: művelet — a planned undertaking
  • Italian: operazione — a planned undertaking
  • Macedonian: операција (operacija) — a planned undertaking
  • Polish: operacja — a planned undertaking
  • Russian: опера́ция (operácija) — a planned undertaking
  • Serbo-Croatian: опера́ција — a planned undertaking
  • Serbo-Croatian: operácija — a planned undertaking
  • Slovak: operácia — a planned undertaking
  • Slovene: operacija — a planned undertaking
  • Swahili: operesheni — a planned undertaking
  • Ukrainian: опера́ція (operácija) — a planned undertaking
  • Hungarian: cég — a business or organization
  • Hungarian: vállalat — a business or organization
  • Hungarian: szervezet — a business or organization
  • Tamil: இயக்கம் (iyakkam) — a business or organization
  • Albanian: operacion — surgical procedure
  • Arabic: عَمَلِيَّة جِرَاحِيَّة (ʕamaliyya jirāḥiyya) — surgical procedure
  • Arabic: جِرَاحَة (jirāḥa) — surgical procedure
  • Arabic: عَمَلِيَّة (ʕamaliyya) — surgical procedure
  • Armenian: վիրահատություն (virahatutʻyun) — surgical procedure
  • Armenian: օպերացիա (ōperacʻia) — surgical procedure
  • Azerbaijani: əməliyyat — surgical procedure
  • Basque: operazio — surgical procedure
  • Belarusian: апера́цыя (apjerácyja) — surgical procedure
  • Belarusian: апэра́цыя (aperácyja) — surgical procedure
  • Bengali: অস্ত্রোপচার (ostrōpcar) — surgical procedure
  • Bulgarian: опера́ция (operácija) — surgical procedure
  • Catalan: operació — surgical procedure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手術 /手术 (shǒushù) — surgical procedure
  • Czech: operace — surgical procedure
  • Danish: operation — surgical procedure
  • Dutch: operatie — surgical procedure
  • Esperanto: operacio — surgical procedure
  • Estonian: lõikus — surgical procedure
  • Estonian: operatsioon — surgical procedure
  • Faroese: skurðviðgerð — surgical procedure
  • Finnish: leikkaus — surgical procedure
  • Finnish: operaatio — surgical procedure
  • French: opération — surgical procedure
  • Georgian: ოპერაცია (oṗeracia) — surgical procedure
  • German: Operation — surgical procedure
  • Greek: εγχείρηση (encheírisi) — surgical procedure
  • Hebrew: ניתוח — surgical procedure
  • Hebrew: נִתּוּחַ (nitúakh) — surgical procedure
  • Hungarian: operáció — surgical procedure
  • Hungarian: műtét — surgical procedure
  • Icelandic: aðgerð — surgical procedure
  • Icelandic: uppskurður — surgical procedure
  • Icelandic: skurðaðgerð — surgical procedure
  • Ido: operaco — surgical procedure
  • Indonesian: operasi — surgical procedure
  • Indonesian: pembedahan — surgical procedure
  • Irish: obráid — surgical procedure
  • Italian: operazione — surgical procedure
  • Japanese: 手術 (shujutsu) — surgical procedure
  • Japanese: オペレーション (operēshon) — surgical procedure
  • Japanese: オペ (ope) — surgical procedure
  • Kazakh: ота (ota) — surgical procedure
  • Khmer: ប្រតិបត្តិការ (prɑtebattekaa) — surgical procedure
  • Khmer: សល្យកម្ម (salyĕəʼkam) — surgical procedure
  • Korean: 수술 (susul) — surgical procedure
  • Kyrgyz: операция (operatsiya) — surgical procedure
  • Lao: ສັນລະຍະກໍາ (san la nya kam) — surgical procedure
  • Lao: ສັນຍະກໍາ (san nya kam) — surgical procedure
  • Latvian: operācija — surgical procedure
  • Lithuanian: operacija — surgical procedure
  • Low German: Operatschoon — surgical procedure
  • Macedonian: операција (operacija) — surgical procedure
  • Malay: operasi — surgical procedure
  • Māori: tapahanga — surgical procedure
  • Māori: pokanga — surgical procedure
  • Māori: hāparapara — surgical procedure
  • Marathi: शस्त्रक्रिया (śastrakriyā) — surgical procedure
  • Marshallese: bukwabok — surgical procedure
  • Mongolian: мэс засал (mes zasal) — surgical procedure
  • Mongolian: операц (operac) — surgical procedure
  • Norman: opéthâtion — surgical procedure
  • Norwegian Bokmål: operasjon — surgical procedure
  • Iranian Persian: جَرَّاحی (jarrâhi) — surgical procedure
  • Polish: operacja — surgical procedure
  • Portuguese: operação — surgical procedure
  • Portuguese: cirurgia — surgical procedure
  • Romanian: operație — surgical procedure
  • Russian: опера́ция (operácija) — surgical procedure
  • Scottish Gaelic: opairèisean — surgical procedure
  • Serbo-Croatian: опера́ција — surgical procedure
  • Serbo-Croatian: operácija — surgical procedure
  • Slovak: operácia — surgical procedure
  • Slovene: operacija — surgical procedure
  • Spanish: operación — surgical procedure
  • Swahili: operesheni — surgical procedure
  • Swahili: upasuaji — surgical procedure
  • Swedish: operation — surgical procedure
  • Tagalog: operasyon — surgical procedure
  • Tajik: ҷарроҳи (jarroh-i) — surgical procedure
  • Tamil: அறுவை சிகிச்சை (aṟuvai cikiccai) — surgical procedure
  • Thai: ศัลยกรรม (sǎn-yá-gam) — surgical procedure
  • Tumbuka: opareshoni — surgical procedure
  • Turkish: ameliyat — surgical procedure
  • Turkish: cerrahî müdahale — surgical procedure
  • Turkish: operasyon — surgical procedure
  • Turkmen: operasiýa — surgical procedure
  • Ukrainian: опера́ція (operácija) — surgical procedure
  • Urdu: عَمَلِ جَرَّاحی ('amal-i jarrāhī) — surgical procedure
  • Urdu: جَرَّاحی (jarrāhī) — surgical procedure
  • Urdu: جَرَّاحَت (jarrāhat) — surgical procedure
  • Uzbek: operatsiya — surgical procedure
  • Vietnamese: phẫu thuật — surgical procedure
  • Welsh: llawdriniaeth — surgical procedure
  • Arabic: عَمَلِيَّة (ʕamaliyya) — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Azerbaijani: əməl — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Bashkir: ғәмәл (ğəməl) — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Bulgarian: опера́ция (operácija) — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Bulgarian: де́йствие (déjstvie) — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Catalan: operació — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Czech: postup — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Esperanto: operacio — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Finnish: laskutoimitus — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Finnish: operaatio — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • French: opération — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • German: Operation — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • German: Verknüpfung — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Greek: πράξη (práxi) — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Hungarian: művelet — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Icelandic: aðgerð — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Ido: operaco — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Irish: oibríocht — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Italian: operazione — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Japanese: 演算 (enzan) — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Kazakh: амал (amal) — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Latvian: operācija — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Low German: Operatschoon — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Māori: paheko — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Norman: opéthâtion — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Iranian Persian: عَمَل (amal) — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Polish: operacja — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Portuguese: operação — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Russian: опера́ция (operácija) — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Russian: де́йствие (déjstvije) — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Spanish: operación — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Swahili: operesheni — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Tajik: амал (amal) — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Turkish: işlem — procedure for generating a value from one or more other values
  • Albanian: operacion — military campaign
  • Arabic: عَمَلِيَّات (ʕamaliyyāt) — military campaign
  • Arabic: عَمَلِيَّة (ʕamaliyya) — military campaign
  • Armenian: օպերացիա (ōperacʻia) — military campaign
  • Azerbaijani: əməliyyat — military campaign
  • Belarusian: апера́цыя (apjerácyja) — military campaign
  • Belarusian: апэра́цыя (aperácyja) — military campaign
  • Bengali: অভিযান (obhijan) — military campaign
  • Bulgarian: опера́ция (operácija) — military campaign
  • Burmese: စစ်ဆင်ရေး (cachcang-re:) — military campaign
  • Chinese Mandarin: 作戰 /作战 (zuòzhàn) — military campaign
  • Czech: operace — military campaign
  • Danish: operation — military campaign
  • Dutch: operatie — military campaign
  • Esperanto: operaco — military campaign
  • Estonian: operatsioon — military campaign
  • Finnish: operaatio — military campaign
  • French: opération — military campaign
  • Georgian: ოპერაცია (oṗeracia) — military campaign
  • German: Aktion — military campaign
  • German: Operation — military campaign
  • German: Unternehmen — military campaign
  • Greek: επιχείρηση (epicheírisi) — military campaign
  • Hebrew: מִבְצָע (mivtsá) — military campaign
  • Hindi: अभियान (abhiyān) — military campaign
  • Hungarian: hadművelet — military campaign
  • Icelandic: aðgerð — military campaign
  • Icelandic: hernaðaraðgerð — military campaign
  • Ido: operaco — military campaign
  • Indonesian: operasi — military campaign
  • Irish: oibríocht — military campaign
  • Italian: operazione — military campaign
  • Japanese: 作戦 (sakusen) — military campaign
  • Kazakh: операция (operasiä) — military campaign
  • Korean: 작전 (jakjeon) — military campaign
  • Kyrgyz: операция (operatsiya) — military campaign
  • Latvian: operācija — military campaign
  • Lithuanian: operacija — military campaign
  • Low German: Operatschoon — military campaign
  • Malay: operasi — military campaign
  • Maltese: operazzjoni — military campaign
  • Mongolian: ажиллагаа (ažillagaa) — military campaign
  • Norwegian Bokmål: operasjon — military campaign
  • Iranian Persian: عَمَلِیَّات (amaliyyât) — military campaign
  • Polish: operacja — military campaign
  • Polish: działania — military campaign
  • Portuguese: operação — military campaign
  • Romanian: operație — military campaign
  • Russian: опера́ция (operácija) — military campaign
  • Slovak: operácia — military campaign
  • Spanish: operación — military campaign
  • Swahili: operesheni — military campaign
  • Swedish: operation — military campaign
  • Tagalog: operasyon — military campaign
  • Tajik: амалиёт (amaliyot) — military campaign
  • Thai: ยุทธการ (yút-tá-gaan) — military campaign
  • Thai: ปฏิบัติการ (bpà-dtì-bàt-gaan) — military campaign
  • Turkish: harekât — military campaign
  • Turkish: operasyon — military campaign
  • Turkmen: operasiýa — military campaign
  • Ukrainian: опера́ція (operácija) — military campaign
  • Urdu: کَار رَوائی (kār ravāī) — military campaign
  • Urdu: عَمَلِیَّہ ('amaliyya) — military campaign
  • Uyghur: ھەرىكەت (heriket) — military campaign
  • Uzbek: operatsiya — military campaign
  • Uzbek: harakat — military campaign
  • Võro: opõratsiuun' — military campaign
  • Welsh: ymgyrch — military campaign
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