"in operation" meaning in English

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          "text": "The free market is still in operation, and the number fed from it increases weekly."
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "operating",
          "word": "en operació"
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          "sense": "operating",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "operating",
          "word": "en operación"
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          "english": "to be in operation",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "operating",
          "word": "működésben/üzemben van"
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          "code": "hu",
          "english": "to put in operation",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "operating",
          "word": "működésbe hoz"
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          "code": "hu",
          "english": "to function",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "operating",
          "word": "működik"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "operating",
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "operating",
          "word": "i bhfeidhm"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "operating",
          "word": "in operazione"
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          "roman": "sadō-chū",
          "sense": "operating",
          "word": "作動中"
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          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "operating",
          "word": "en operacion"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "operating",
          "word": "em operação"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "operating",
          "word": "în operație"
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          "sense": "operating",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "operating",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "operating",
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "operating",
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      "english": "to be in operation",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "operating",
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      "english": "to put in operation",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "operating",
      "word": "működésbe hoz"
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      "english": "to function",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "operating",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "operating",
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      "sense": "operating",
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      "sense": "operating",
      "word": "in operazione"
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      "roman": "sadō-chū",
      "sense": "operating",
      "word": "作動中"
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      "sense": "operating",
      "word": "en operacion"
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      "sense": "operating",
      "word": "em operação"
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      "sense": "operating",
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