Collocations for "operation"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "operation" in context.
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operation
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a (top-) secret operation
- a [military, undercover] operation
- an operation in [Iraq]
- has to have an operation
- an operation to fix his [leg, intestine]
- an operation on her [leg]
- a [risky, routine] operation
- a pioneering [bypass, transplant] operation
- the operation is [risky]
- an operation to [remove, examine]
- will be performing the operation
- a [ten] -hour operation
- the operation was [performed, carried out] by
- complications during the operation
- there were no complications during the operation
- the operation went as [planned, expected]
- recovering from a [leg, heart] operation
- the operation of [vehicles, heavy machinery]
- is rated for operation at extreme [temperatures, altitude, pressure]
- the operation and maintenance (of)
- the [service, plant, rule] is no longer in operation
- suspected of [fraudulent, shady] (business) operations
'operation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
OK
- ankle
- barren
- basic
- compromise
- confined
- conscious
- consent
- correct
- cover
- decoy
- desert
- disconnect
- disregard
- dread
- duration
- elbow
- entrust
- essay
- execute
- factor
- fast
- feeble
- filter
- front
- hip
- hope
- host
- inherent
- involve
- jeopardize
- large
- lighthouse
- liver
- lung
- mishap
- mode
- normal
- nose
- numb
- orderly
- oversight
- perform
- quiet
- recovery
- restore
- reverse
- risky
- rumble
- salvage