"operate" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "operates",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "operated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operated",
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        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "operating",
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  ],
  "hyphenation": "op‧er‧ate",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Everyone on board is able to operate the ship."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you operate a machine, you control it."
      ],
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      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "Does the device operate independently or does it need to connect to other devices?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If a machine operates, it works."
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The business will continue to operate under the same name."
        },
        {
          "text": "The school operates a system for selling used textbooks."
        },
        {
          "text": "It's really hard to operate with the kids running around."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If organizations or people operate, they work or do business."
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "If a doctor operates, he cuts into a client's body to fix it."
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒpəreɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑpəreɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-operate.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "operate"
}

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      "form": "operates",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "operated",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "operated",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operating",
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        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
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  ],
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  "hyphenation": "op‧er‧ate",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Everyone on board is able to operate the ship."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you operate a machine, you control it."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Intransitive verbs",
        "Verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Does the device operate independently or does it need to connect to other devices?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If a machine operates, it works."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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        "Intransitive verbs",
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The business will continue to operate under the same name."
        },
        {
          "text": "The school operates a system for selling used textbooks."
        },
        {
          "text": "It's really hard to operate with the kids running around."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If organizations or people operate, they work or do business."
      ],
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      ]
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        "Intransitive verbs",
        "Verbs"
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        "If a doctor operates, he cuts into a client's body to fix it."
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑpəreɪt/",
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    },
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