operate
vt,vi 1 tenda kazi, endesha ~ a machine endesha mashini. 2 (med) ~ (on somebody) (for something) fanyia operesheni, pasua. operating-table/ theatre n meza ya kupasulia. 3 (of an army) fanya maneva. 4 (of a stock broker) nunua na kuuza. operable adj -a kutibika kwa operesheni/kupasuliwa. operation n 1 kufanya kazi, kutenda; utendaji. come into operation tumika; anza kufanya kazi. be in operation tumika; shughulika. 2 kazi, shughuli. 3 (med) upasuaji. operation set n vyombo vya kupasulia. 4 sehemu maalum ya kazi. 5 (math) tendo la kugawa, kuongeza, kuzidisha kutoa n.k., ukokotoaji. binary operation tendo jozi. 6 (mil) (pl) operations n nyendo za vikosi vya jeshi, wakati wa vita/maneva. operation room n chumba cha kudhibiti/kuongoza mambo. 7 (polit) operesheni, kampeni. operational adj 1 -a uendeshaji. operational cost/ expenditure n gharama ya uendeshaji. operational research n uchunguzi wa njia bora za kutumikisha kifaa n.k. 2 -nayo fanya kazi the computer is already operational kompyuta tayari inafanya kazi. operative adj 1 -a kutenda kazi; -a kutumika become operative tenda kazi, anza kutumika this law became operative on 1 April sheria hii ilianza kutumika tarehe moja Aprili. 2 operative words n maneno yenye athari za kisheria; maneno muhimu. 3 -a kupasua. n mfanyakazi, fundi mitambo. operator n 1 mfanyakazi, mwendeshaji. 2 (telephone) mpokeaji/mtumaji simu, opereta. 3 (sl) mwerevu, hodari.