Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

operations

/ˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃənz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English

Syllables: op-e-ra-tions
IPA: /ˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃənz/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of operation

noun

Any practically minded combination of business administration, management science, operations research, systems engineering, and industrial engineering.

noun

The department or interdepartmental team within a company that works on optimizing the company's execution of such things.

Example Sentences

"They get the job done, but operations is the area in which they're weakest."
"The first US service members to die in the conflict between the US and Iran were killed by a direct Iranian strike on a makeshift operations center at a civilian port in Kuwait on Sunday morning local time, a source familiar with the situation told CNN."
"She works in operations, and her job involves data analysis and business intelligence."
"The operations center was pregnant with dread."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃənz/
British English: /ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃənz/

Inflected Forms

in construction (singular)

Synonyms

trading operations

Rhymes With

nations relations organizations applications communications regulations stations situations locations expectations congratulations conversations

Questions

How do you pronounce operations?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃənz/.
What does operations mean?: plural of operation

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