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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Blasted into 1.9 billion-year-old stable bedrock in Eurajoki, southwest Finland, the geological repository for spent nuclear waste -- dubbed Onkalo which means "cave" in Finnish -- is nearly ready to start operations.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

He has been at FedEx since 2000 and was most recently chief operating officer of FedEx Ground operations in the U.S. and Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Teams also closely monitored how the X-59 performed during takeoffs, landings, and flight operations.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Buffalo Bill’s, which featured a 209-foot-tall roller coaster, concluded its operations in 2025.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

They are simply mathematical constructs that make the mathematical operations in string theory work in the manner that they have to.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife