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operating

Syllables: op·er·at·ing/ˈɒpəɹeɪtɪŋ/US/ˈɑpəɹeɪtɪŋ/

operating adjective: in operation; that operates. Also the present participle and gerund of operate.

Adjective

operating (not comparable)

  1. In operation; that operates.
    • Don't touch the operating machinery.
  2. Involved in an operation.
    • The team arbitrarily chose that one operating frame of reference which we all use today.

Noun

operating (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of operation (in the uncountable sense).
    • Sure, academic medicine is fascinating — but operating is the reason I became a surgeon.
    • Operating on conscious patients involves some additional considerations.
    Synonyms:
    operation

Also used as

operating is also the present participle and gerund of operate.

operating meaning in Bengali, Telugu, Punjabi and Gujarati

operating in Bengali

অপারেটিং

operating in Telugu

ఆపరేటింగ్

operating in Punjabi

ਓਪਰੇਟਿੰਗ

operating in Gujarati

ઓપરેટિંગ
More languagesFewer languages
operating in Nepali
सञ्चालन गर्दै

Examples of operating in a sentence

  • Security, stability, and efficiency are good qualities of an operating system.
  • Several machinists were busy operating the lathes, mills, and drill presses on the shop floor.
  • The local train operating company is the managing body for this section of track.

All 40 example sentences with operating

Synonyms of operating

Antonyms

Words formed from operating

Phrases with operating

10 more phrasesFewer phrases

Questions about operating

What does operating mean?
Operating means in operation; that operates.
What is operating in Bengali?
Operating in Bengali is অপারেটিং. See Operating meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is operating?
Operating can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce operating?
Operating is pronounced /ˈɑpəɹeɪtɪŋ/ (US).

Words near operating in the dictionary

  1. operatic soprano
  2. operatical
  3. operatically
  4. operatics
  5. operatin'
  6. operating
  7. operating concept
  8. operating concepts
  9. operating cost
  10. operating costs
  11. operating cycle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: operating (page history and authors); operating (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); operating (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); operating (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); operating (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); operating (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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