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operate
/op-ə-rate/
 
vi.
 
1.
Def.: duen e wey sasangan e ne eggimu (meyitenged te kumpanya wey ke grupu)
MS: duen e
If a group or business operates, it exists and works.
The factory is operating well now, and production is good.
Ka kumpanya duen e wey sasangan e ne eggimu kuntee, wey meupiya ka me neneyimu.
 
vt.
 
2.
Def.: eg-uyan (te kumpanya)
MS: eg-uyan
If you operate a business, you manage and control it.
He operates a fish-selling business in the area.
 
vi.
 
3.
Def.: eg-andar
MS: eg-andar
If something such as a machine operates, it works.
Don't put your hands in the machine while it is operating.
 
vt.
 
4.
Def.: egpaandar
MS: egpaandar
If you operate something such as a machine, you control it and cause it to work.
I know how to operate a computer.
I am learning to operate the gears on a motorbike.
 
vi.
 
5.
Def.: eg-ebù; eg-upira
MS: eg-ebù; eg-upira
If doctors operate on you, they cut open part of your body to fix or remove something.
Sem.Dom.: GSL0601-0625
Status: ready

Last updated: 26/Sep/2012