Synonyms: operate, operate on
Definition: perform surgery on
Usage: The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life
Similar words: treat, care for
Definition: provide treatment for
Usage: The doctor treated my broken leg; The nurses cared for the bomb victims; The patient must be treated right away or she will die; Treat the infection with antibiotics
Synonyms: operate
Definition: happen
Usage: What is going on in the minds of the people?
Similar words: come about, take place, go on, hap, happen, fall out, pass, pass off, occur
Definition: come to pass
Usage: What is happening?; The meeting took place off without an incidence; Nothing occurred that seemed important
Synonyms: operate, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre
Definition: perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
Definition: handle and cause to function
Usage: do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol; control the lever
Similar words: manipulate
Definition: hold something in one's hands and move it
Synonyms: lock, mesh, operate, engage
Definition: keep engaged
Usage: engaged the gears
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Definition: direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.
Usage: She is running a relief operation in the Sudan
Similar words: direct
Definition: be in charge of