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The correct spelling is operating.
How to pronounce operating
verb
IPA: /ˈɒpəɹeɪtɪŋ/
Say it like: Ope-rat-ing
The correct spelling is operating. To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act. For example: "to operate a machine"
Usage Examples
“to operate a machine”
“Don't touch the operating machinery.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
- 2.To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially to take appropriate effect on the human system.
- 3.To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
- 4.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.
- 5.To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
adjective
- 1.In operation; that operates.
- 2.Involved in an operation.
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