operation: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 11 letter points · starts with O · ends with N
Meaning of operation
noun
- uncountable
The method by which a device performs its function.
Example: It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in operation.
- uncountable
The method or practice by which actions are done.
- uncountable
The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
- countable
A planned undertaking.
Example: The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets.
Listed forms: operations.
Source: Wiktionary — operation.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for operation.
noun
activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
- military operation
noun
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
- surgery
- surgical operation
- surgical procedure
- surgical process
noun
a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
noun
process or manner of functioning or operating
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is operation in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of operation
O(1) + P(3) + E(1) + R(1) + A(1) + T(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 11 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of operation
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from operation
303 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in operation. Showing up to 24, longest first.