operations

See also: opérations

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃənz/
• (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃənz/, /ˌɑ.pɚˈeɪ.ʃənz/

• Audio (US):

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• (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA^(key): /ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃənz/
• Hyphenation: op‧e‧ra‧tions

Noun

operations

1. plural of operation

Noun

operations (often plural only, singular in construction)

1. Any practically minded combination of business administration, management science, operations research, systems engineering, and industrial engineering.

   They get the job done, but operations is the area in which they're weakest.

   • 2026 March 2, Haley Britzky, “No warning, no siren: Six US service members killed in Iranian strike that hit makeshift operations center in Kuwait”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 6 March 2026:

     The first US service members to die in the conflict between the US and Iran were killed by a direct Iranian strike on a makeshift operations center at a civilian port in Kuwait on Sunday morning local time, a source familiar with the situation told CNN.

2. The department or interdepartmental team within a company that works on optimizing the company's execution of such things.

   She works in operations, and her job involves data analysis and business intelligence.

Anagrams

• anisotrope

Swedish

Noun

operations

1. indefinite genitive singular of operation

Anagrams

• isotoperna