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

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operations

Saree added that the Houthis promised to continue their naval operations and would continue "enforcing the 'siege for a siege' equation".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Many have sophisticated business operations, and were watching damage mount from the outbreak in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

US military maps also confirm American operations in southern Iran – including the Minab area - at the time.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Don Wakamatsu, who runs baseball operations for Freedman’s teams, was the first Asian-American manager in major league history and managed Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki with the Seattle Mariners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

I can’t worry about the phases of my operations when I’ve got a trig test to study for.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen