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"ref": "2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:",
"text": "Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.",
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"To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act."
],
"links": [
[
"work",
"work"
],
[
"labour",
"labour"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Medicine"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2010, Peter A. Frensch, Ralf Schwarzer, Cognition and Neuropsychology:",
"text": "The drug operates by facilitating the negative neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), resulting in the blocking of neural long-term potentiation.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To produce an effect.",
"To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (medicine) to take appropriate effect on the human system."
],
"links": [
[
"physical",
"physical"
],
[
"effect",
"effect"
],
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To produce an effect.",
"(intransitive) To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (medicine) to take appropriate effect on the human system."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1706 September 19 (Gregorian calendar), Francis Atterbury, “A Sermon Preach’d in the Guild-Hall Chapel, London, Sept. 28. 1706. Being the Day of the Election of the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor.”, in Fourteen Sermons Preach’d on Several Occasions. […], London: […] E. P. [Edmund Parker?] for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1708, →OCLC, page 405:",
"text": "The Virtues of private Perſons, how Bright and Exemplary ſoever, operate but on Few; on thoſe only who are near enough to obſerve, and inclin'd to imitate them: their ſphere of Action is narrow, and their Influence is confin'd to it.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1720, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Young Clergyman:",
"text": "A plain, convincing reason operates on the mind both of a learned and ignorant hearer as long as they live.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To produce an effect.",
"To act or produce an effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To produce an effect.",
"(intransitive) To act or produce an effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2012 January 19, Robert L. Dorit, “Rereading Darwin”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 23:",
"text": "We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To produce an effect."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To produce an effect."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1830 March 24, Charles Francis Adams Sr., Massachusetts Historical Society: Adams Papers Digital Edition, archived from the original on 2022-08-11, Diary of Charles Francis Adams, volume 3:",
"text": "Strictures upon style, which are for the most part good, but time has operated a change in many respects even since he wrote.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1906, William Graham Sumner, Folkways: A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals, Boston: Ginn and Co., archived from the original on 2024-05-02, page 212:",
"text": "It is supposed that western Europe was overpopulated and that the crusades operated a beneficial reduction of numbers.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To bring about as an effect; to cause."
],
"links": [
[
"bring about",
"bring about"
],
[
"cause",
"cause"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To bring about as an effect; to cause."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Medicine"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The surgeon had to operate on her heart.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I'm being operated tomorrow.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc."
],
"links": [
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(medicine, transitive or intransitive) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits."
],
"links": [
[
"stock",
"stock"
],
[
"commodity",
"commodity"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive or intransitive) To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to operate a machine",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "to operate a system",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "to operate a casino",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2009 June 25, Uchenna Izundu, “Total, Novatek to develop Termokarstovoye gas field”, in Oil & Gas Journal, archived from the original on 2024-05-17:",
"text": "Termokarstovoye is 250 km east of Tarkosale where Novatek operates a processing facility for its own onshore production.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:",
"text": "Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɒpəɹeɪt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɑpəɹeɪt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/En-us-operate.ogg/En-us-operate.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/En-us-operate.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒpəɹeɪt"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "fəaliyyət göstərmək"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rabotja",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "работя"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "tehdä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "toimia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "suorittaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "opérer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "œuvrer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "obrar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "traballar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "operar"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "energéō",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "ἐνεργέω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "működik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "üzemel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "tevékenykedik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "tevékenységet folytat"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "operare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "lavorare"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "opéther"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "obrar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "trabalhar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rabótatʹ",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "рабо́тать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "operar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "obrar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "trabajar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pracjuváty",
"sense": "to perform a work or labour",
"word": "працюва́ти"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(intransitive) to produce an effect",
"word": "hat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(intransitive) to produce an effect",
"word": "hatást fejt ki"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(intransitive) to produce an effect",
"word": "működik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(intransitive) to produce an effect",
"word": "okoz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(intransitive) to produce an effect",
"word": "előidéz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "contribute, affect, influence",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(intransitive) to produce an effect",
"word": "közrejátszik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(intransitive) to produce an effect",
"word": "szerepet játszik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(intransitive) to produce an effect",
"word": "befolyásol"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(intransitive) to produce an effect",
"word": "operare"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient",
"roman": "energéō",
"sense": "to produce a physical effect",
"word": "ἐνεργέω"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dejstvam",
"sense": "to produce a physical effect",
"word": "действам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to produce a physical effect",
"word": "toimia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to produce a physical effect",
"word": "tehota"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to produce a physical effect",
"word": "hat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to produce a physical effect",
"word": "működik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to produce a physical effect",
"word": "operare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rabótatʹ",
"sense": "to produce a physical effect",
"word": "рабо́тать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "déjstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to produce a physical effect",
"word": "де́йствовать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce a physical effect",
"word": "operar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce a physical effect",
"word": "trabajar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzdejstvam",
"sense": "to produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power",
"word": "въздействам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power",
"word": "vaikuttaa"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power",
"word": "hat"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power",
"word": "influenzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power",
"word": "controllare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power",
"word": "manipolare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okázyvatʹ vlijánije",
"sense": "to produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power",
"word": "ока́зывать влия́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vlijátʹ",
"sense": "to produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power",
"word": "влия́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power",
"word": "influir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power",
"word": "controlar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power",
"word": "manipular"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power",
"word": "aiheuttaa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power",
"word": "operare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyzyvátʹ",
"sense": "to produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power",
"word": "вызыва́ть"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "operiram",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "оперирам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dòng shǒushù",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "動手術 /动手术"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "operacii"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "leikata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "operoida"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "opérer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "operieren"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nittéaẖ",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "נִתֵּחַ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "operál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "műt"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "operare"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "vĕəh kat",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "វះកាត់"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "tapahi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "poka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "hāparapara"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "operar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "operírovatʹ",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "опери́ровать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "operar"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pàa-dtàt",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "ผ่าตัด"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "operuváty",
"sense": "medicine: to perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner",
"word": "оперува́ти"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "operiram",
"sense": "to deal in stocks",
"word": "оперирам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deal in stocks",
"word": "operoida"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deal in stocks",
"word": "speculare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spekulírovatʹ",
"sense": "to deal in stocks",
"word": "спекули́ровать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deal in stocks",
"word": "especular"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deal in stocks",
"word": "controlar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deal in stocks",
"word": "manipular"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šaḡḡala",
"sense": "to operate a machine",
"word": "شَغَّلَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "upravljavam",
"sense": "to operate a machine",
"word": "управлявам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cāozuò",
"sense": "to operate a machine",
"word": "操作"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to operate a machine",
"word": "käyttää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to operate a machine",
"word": "betreiben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to operate a machine",
"word": "bedienen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to operate a machine",
"word": "működtet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to operate a machine",
"word": "üzemeltet"
},
{
"alt": "そうさする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sōsa suru",
"sense": "to operate a machine",
"word": "操作する"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to operate a machine",
"word": "operar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "upravljátʹ",
"sense": "to operate a machine",
"tags": [
"with-instrumental"
],
"word": "управля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ekspluatírovatʹ",
"sense": "to operate a machine",
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"word": "эксплуати́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "operírovatʹ",
"sense": "to operate a machine",
"tags": [
"with-instrumental"
],
"word": "опери́ровать"
},
{
"code": "tvl",
"lang": "Tuvaluan",
"sense": "to operate a machine",
"word": "fakatele"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "keruváty",
"sense": "to operate a machine",
"word": "керува́ти"
}
],
"word": "operate"
}
Download raw JSONL data for operate meaning in English (22.8kB)
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