OPERATION


Meaning of OPERATION in English

noun

1 medical

ADJECTIVE

▪ major

▪ minor , small

▪ life-saving , vital

▪ emergency

▪ routine ( esp. BrE )

▪ delicate

a delicate eye ~

▪ exploratory

▪ surgical , transplant

▪ heart , knee , etc.

VERB + OPERATION

▪ have , undergo

He had an ~ to remove a growth.

▪ come through , survive

She came through the ~ well.

▪ carry out , perform

the surgeon performing the ~

PREPOSITION

▪ during a/the ~

She woke during the ~.

▪ ~ for

an ~ for a kidney problem

▪ ~ on

a major ~ on his heart

2 organized activity

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , large-scale , major , massive

▪ covert , undercover

▪ combined , joint

▪ tricky ( esp. BrE )

a tricky rescue ~

▪ successful

▪ combat , intelligence , military , naval , police

▪ air , flight , ground , land , sea

US forces had to conduct ground and air ~s.

The airline has appointed a new director of flight ~s.

▪ guerrilla

▪ clean-up , counterterrorist , drilling , mining , mopping-up , offensive , peacekeeping , relief , rescue , salvage , security , tactical

UN troops supervised the relief ~s.

▪ banking , building , business , commercial

restrictions placed on business ~s

▪ psychological ~s , special ~s

Special ~s forces were on the ground in Afghanistan.

VERB + OPERATION

▪ begin , launch , mount , undertake

The authorities launched a massive security ~ in the city.

▪ carry out , conduct , run

▪ oversee , supervise

PREPOSITION

▪ during a/the ~

during joint military ~s

PHRASES

▪ a theatre/theater of ~s (= where military operations take place)

3 fact of sth functioning

ADJECTIVE

▪ effective , efficient , smooth

▪ normal

▪ daily , day-to-day

the smooth day-to-day ~ of the department

VERB + OPERATION

▪ come into

A ceasefire came into ~ in May.

▪ bring sth into ( esp. BrE ), put sth into

▪ cease

The factory will cease ~ at the end of the year.

PREPOSITION

▪ during ~

The machine can get very hot during ~.

▪ in ~

The current tax system has been in ~ for ten years.

PHRASES

▪ in full ~ , into full ~

the only reactor in full ~

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .