transcription, транскрипция: [ ɒpəreɪtə(r) ]
( operators)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
An operator is a person who connects telephone calls at a telephone exchange or in a place such as an office or hotel.
He dialled the operator and put in a call for Rome.
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2.
An operator is a person who is employed to operate or control a machine.
...computer operators.
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3.
An operator is a person or a company that runs a business. ( BUSINESS )
...‘Tele-Communications’, the nation’s largest cable TV operator.
N-COUNT : usu with supp
4.
If you call someone a good operator , you mean that they are skilful at achieving what they want, often in a slightly dishonest way. ( INFORMAL )
...one of the shrewdest political operators in the Arab World.
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5.
see also tour operator