noun
Meaning 1
plural of operation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
operations
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃənz/
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General-American, dialectal: /ˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃənz/ of Canada
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General-American, dialectal: /ˌɑ.pɚˈeɪ.ʃənz/ of Canada
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Canada, dialectal: /ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃənz/ of the US
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CMU ARPABET: AA2 P ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Any practically minded combination of business administration, management science, operations research, systems engineering, and industrial engineering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: often, plural, plural-only
Examples
- They get the job done, but operations is the area in which they're weakest.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The department or interdepartmental team within a company that works on optimizing the company's execution of such things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: often, plural, plural-only
Examples
- She works in operations, and her job involves data analysis and business intelligence.
- The operations center was pregnant with dread.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trading operations
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: transaction, dealing, dealings
History
Etymology
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Real reading context