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- pronunciation:
- a
p
reIt
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
operates, operating, operated |
| definition 1: |
to work or run.
This new sewing machine operates for several hours on batteries.- synonyms:
- function, go, run, work
- similar words:
- behave, handle, perform
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| definition 2: |
to perform surgery (usually followed by "on").
The doctor operated on the patient's heart for six hours.- similar words:
- open
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| definition 3: |
to control the running of.
My smart little sister operates the computer very well.- synonyms:
- run, work
- similar words:
- drive, handle, use
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| related words: |
employ, fly, manage, pilot, power, supervise |
| derivation: |
operatable (adj.) |
The word operate
contains the following parts:
oper
Latin
root
that means to work
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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