operations

NOUN

movement, working

Synonyms

STRONGEST

action activity affair agency application deal effort enterprise exercise force movement procedure process service transaction trip use work

STRONG

act ballgame bit conveyance course deed effect employment engagement exercising exertion exploitation handiwork happening influence instrumentality labor manipulation motion performance play proceeding progress progression scene transference undertaking workmanship

WEAK

carrying on doing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cessation idleness inaction inactivity indolence inertia laziness passivity stoppage

STRONG

repose rest

WEAK

inutility uselessness

NOUN

business concern

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affair deal enterprise transaction

STRONG

proceeding undertaking

Antonyms

WEAK

idleness inaction inutility uselessness

NOUN

surgical procedure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

surgery

STRONG

biopsy excision

Antonyms

WEAK

idleness inaction inutility uselessness

Example Sentences

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Abdirahman Mahamud, WHO director of Health Emergency Alert and Response Operations, said that the facility was a "local bilateral collaboration" between the US and Kenya and said dialogue was vital.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

An official said the helicopter seen in the regional training was from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, or SOAR.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Special Operations Command last year added new software to provide near-real-time commercial satellite images on soldiers’ mobile devices, a Socom spokeswoman said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

"Operations will continue for some time," it said.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Michael, and the goddesslike Special Operations officer who was there to oversee Queenie’s packing, and the RAF police sergeant, and the other agents who were flying out that night, watched with interest.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein