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operate

/ˈɑpəɹeɪt/ verbe A2

En français : opérer, œuvrer

  1. To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act. (intransitive, transitive) · Could someone explain how this meeting operates?· In this town, the garbage removal staff operate between six o'clock at midnight.
  2. To produce an effect. (intransitive)
  3. To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (medicine) to take appropriate effect on the human system. (intransitive)
  4. To act or produce an effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence. (intransitive)
  5. To bring about as an effect; to cause. (transitive)
  6. To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc. (intransitive, transitive) · The surgeon had to operate on her heart.· I'm being operated tomorrow.
  7. To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits. (intransitive, transitive)
  8. To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work. (transitive) · to operate a machine· to operate a system

He/she/it operates · Prétérit operated · Participe passé operated · Forme en -ing operating

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base
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He/she/it
operates
Prétérit
operated
Participe passé
operated
Forme en -ing
operating

Dans la bibliothèque

I had imagined you as operating from the street, where my friend, Lestrade and his merry men were awaiting you.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 25 · C1
His fear of her has always operated, I know, when they were together; and a good deal is to be imputed to his wish of forwarding the match with Miss de Bourgh, which I am certain he has very much at heart.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 266 · B2
A food truck costs much less money to operate every single day.
Food Trucks in Austin, p. 1 · B1
First and foremost, it was a hardworking fishing boat operating in the North Atlantic.
The Legend of the Bluenose, p. 1 · B2

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