operate in English: To cut open the body to mend something inside it, or to make a machine work. (verb)

Translation

To cut open the body to mend something inside it, or to make a machine work.

Word origin

From Latin operari, meaning to work, from opus, a piece of work.

Verb typeregular (operate, operates, operated)

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"Operate on" someone means to do surgery on them.

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Here it means to make the machine work.

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A machine that is operating is running as it should.

doctor

A person whose job is to help sick people get well.

hospital

A building where doctors and nurses look after people who are ill or hurt.

machine

A thing with moving parts that uses power to do work for people.

work

To do a job or use effort to make or finish something.

cut

To split or open something using a knife or other sharp tool.

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