operatornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɒp.ər.eɪ.tər/us/ˈɑː.pə.reɪ.t̬ɚ/operator noun [ C ] (PERSON OR BUSINESS)
B2 someone whose job is to use and control a machine or vehicle:
a computer operator
B2 a company that does a particular type of business:
a tour operator
a person who helps to connect people on a phone system
a smooth, clever, etc. operator
someone who is skilled at dealing with people and getting what he or she wants from a situation:
He has shown himself to be a canny operator in wage negotiations.
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- We rationalized the production system so that one operator could control all three machines.
- The tour operator will arrange transport and plan your itinerary.
- Radar operators plotted the course of the incoming missile.
- At the twiddle of a knob the operators can focus on a tiny amount of airspace or scan the whole area.
- Beach operators do not have a legal obligation to provide against injury or drowning.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Acting and acts
- (your) every move idiom
- -ation
- act/do sth on your own responsibility idiom
- action
- activity
- agency
- ant
- be up to sth idiom
- feel
- gambit
- get around to sth
- give yourself over/up to sth
- go about sth
- go about your business idiom
- go through with sth
- hand
- manoeuvring
- money
- talk the talk idiom
- up to
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Enterprises
Communications - by telephone
People in charge of or controlling other people
operator noun [ C ] (IN MATHEMATICS)
specialized mathematics a symbol that does something to a number or quantity in a calculation. For example, in 7 + y, the symbol + is the operator
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