Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

operated

/ˈɑpəɹeɪtɪd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: op-er-at-ed
IPA: /ˈɑpəɹeɪtɪd/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Operated by the means specified e.g. a battery-operated toy.

adj

having undergone an operation

verb

simple past and past participle of operate

Example Sentences

"Further light is thrown on homosexuality in Australia by the supposition of Spencer and Gillen that the mika operation (urethral subincision), an artificial hypospadias, is for the purpose of homosexual intercourse. Klaatsch has discussed the homosexual origin of the mika operation on the basis of information he received from missionaries at Niol-Niol, on the northwest coast. The subincised man acts as a female to the as yet unoperated boys, who perform coitus in the incised opening. Both informed Klaatsch in 1906 that at Boulia in Queensland the operated men are said to "possess a vulva.""

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɑpəɹeɪtɪd/
British English: /ˈɒpəɹeɪtɪd/

Inflected Forms

more operated (comparative) most operated (superlative)

Derived Forms

unoperated

Phrases

battery-operated coin-operated hand-operated power-operated

Rhymes With

cooperated

Questions

How do you pronounce operated?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑpəɹeɪtɪd/.
What does operated mean?: Operated by the means specified e.g. a battery-operated toy.

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