| Main Entry: | operate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform, function |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, act, act on, advance, be in action, behave, bend, benefit, bring about, burn, carry on, click*, compel, complete, concern, conduct, contact, contrive, convey, cook*, determine, direct, do, enforce, engage, exert, finish, fulfill, get results, go, hit*, hum, influence, keep, lift, move, ordain, percolate, proceed, produce, produce a result, progress, promote, react, revolve, roll, run, serve, spin, take, tick, transport, turn, work |
| Main Entry: | operate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, use |
| Synonyms: | administer, be in charge, be in driver's seat, be in saddle, call the play, call the shots, call the signals, carry on, command, conduct, drive, handle, hold the reins, keep, make go, maneuver, manipulate, ordain, pilot, play, ply, pull the strings, pull the wires, run, run the show, run things, sit on top of, steer, wield, work |
| Main Entry: | operate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform surgery |
| Synonyms: | amputate, carve up, cut, excise, explore, open up, remove, set, transplant, treat |
| Main Entry: | operated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conducted |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, achieved, administered, contrived, conveyed, determined, directed, driven, enforced, executed, finished, fulfilled, governed, guided, handled, maintained, managed, manipulated, moved, negotiated, ordered, performed, practiced, promoted, regulated, revolved, run, served, superintended, supervised, sustained, transacted, transported, turned, used, wielded, worked |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do something |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Antonyms: | abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | behave in a certain way |
| Synonyms: | appear, behave, carry, carry oneself, carry out, comport, conduct, do, enact, execute, exert, function, give the appearance, go about, impress as, operate, perform, play part, react, represent oneself, seem, serve, strike, take on |
| Main Entry: | behave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | function |
| Synonyms: | act, operate, perform, react, run, take, work |
| Main Entry: | carry on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage operations |
| Synonyms: | administer, conduct, direct, engage in, keep, operate, ordain, run |
| Antonyms: | mismanage |
| Main Entry: | conduct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | administer |
| Synonyms: | accompany, attend, call the tune, carry on*, chair, chaperon, control, convey, direct, engineer, escort, govern, guide, handle, head, keep, lead, manage, operate, ordain, order, organize, oversee, pilot, preside over, regulate, ride herd on, rule, run, run things, shepherd, steer, supervise, trailblaze, usher, wield baton |
| Main Entry: | connive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plot, scheme |
| Synonyms: | angle, be in cahoots with, cabal, cogitate, collude, conspire, contrive, cook up, devise, diddle, finagle, frame, frame up, intrigue, machinate, operate, promote, wangle, wire, work hand in glove |