(based on instrument used) To produce music
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To function in an expected or specified manner
“We have a heavy-duty printer that can operate even under the heaviest of loads.”
To be applied or take effect in an expected or specified manner
“Extensive research will be required to determine how the new law can operate in practice.”
To handle or operate something
“The coffee machine comes with a frother that is simple to operate.”
To direct, handle, control, or be in charge of
“He manages to operate his business like a well-oiled machine.”
To perform a surgical procedure
“Unfortunately, doctors will need to operate on your knee to make it whole again.”
To start, activate or put into action
To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated or intensive efforts
To act or function in a specified manner
To deal or trade in something, typically illegal
To administer, implement, or carry out
To do, carry through, conduct, or perform some action
To be applied or take effect in an expected or specified manner
To continue to operate or remain usable
To take action or do something
To physically cut up or take apart
To act or conduct oneself in a specified way
To act on, or put into action, a request
(based on instrument used) To produce music
To emit or cause to emit sound
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