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operations

NOUN

movement, working

Synonyms

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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

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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

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surgery

STRONG

biopsy excision

Antonyms

WEAK

idleness inaction inutility uselessness

Example Sentences

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The commissioners demanded more transparency from developers about their operations and required them to comply with the county’s new development regulations before they would vote.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Sheinbaum has said Mexico welcomes intelligence sharing and law-enforcement cooperation but doesn’t permit direct U.S. involvement in operations on Mexican soil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Nandini, who was the deputy operations director for Mangalyaan, India's maiden Mars Orbiter Mission, wore the outfit on 1 December 2013.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Doyle said the ManpowerGroup’s own data show increased hiring in sales, operations, finance and service roles.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

I’d been too young when I had my big operations to remember the before-versus-after, the dramatic transformation.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge