operation
/ˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in operation."
- "the pain and sickness caused by manna are confessedly nothing but the effects of its operations on the stomach and guts."
- "Speculative painting, without the assistance of manual operation, can never attain to perfection."
- "The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets."
- "The Katrina relief operation was considered botched."
- "We run our operation from a storefront."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃épos Proto-Italic *opos Latin opus Latin opera Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin operātusbf. Latin operor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin operātiōder. Old French operacionbor. Middle English operacioun English operation From Middle English operacioun, from Old French operacion, from Latin operātiō, from the verb operor (“to work”), from opus, operis (“work”). Equivalent to operate + -ion.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
- British English: /ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/