operate

operate
verb
1 machine
ADVERB
▪ effectively, efficiently, reliably
▪ normally, properly
▪

The equipment was not operating properly.

▪ continuously
▪

The machine can operate for 15 hours continuously at full power.

▪ electrically, electronically, hydraulically, manually, remotely (= by remote control)
▪

The doors can be manually operated in the event of fire.

VERB + OPERATE
▪ be designed to
▪

systems designed to operate at the highest speeds

▪ be easy to
▪

The machinery is easy to operate.

2 business/system
ADVERB
▪ effectively, efficiently, smoothly
▪ profitably, successfully
▪ normally
▪

The hospital was operating normally.

▪ currently
▪

The airline currently operates 115 routes to 39 airports in 13 countries.

▪ autonomously, independently
▪ differently
▪ commercially
▪

The laboratory is still owned by the government but is now commercially operated.

VERB + OPERATE
▪ be able to
▪ be allowed to
▪ continue to
PREPOSITION
▪ according to
▪

The government does not operate according to fixed rules.

▪ as
▪

We operate as an advisory service for schools.

▪ under
▪

The industry operates under rigid guidelines.

▪ within
▪

Local authorities operate within a wider political system.

Operate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑aircraft, ↑airline, ↑boat, ↑company, ↑economy, ↑enterprise, ↑factor, ↑farm, ↑firm, ↑force, ↑mechanism, ↑military, ↑multinational, ↑pedal, ↑program, ↑reactor, ↑rule, ↑submarine, ↑surgeon, ↑switch, ↑system, ↑team
Operate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑aircraft, ↑airline, ↑business, ↑camera, ↑clinic, ↑company, ↑computer, ↑equipment, ↑facility, ↑farm, ↑ferry, ↑fleet, ↑flight, ↑franchise, ↑lift, ↑machine, ↑machinery, ↑mill, ↑mine, ↑museum, ↑network, ↑policy, ↑prison, ↑racket, ↑railway, ↑reactor, ↑restaurant, ↑scheme, ↑service, ↑signal, ↑site, ↑station, ↑store, ↑subsidiary, ↑system, ↑track, ↑train, ↑vehicle, ↑vessel

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