No. 10,859 in French
opérer
To operate; to perform an action or a procedure, especially in a medical or functional context.
In a sentence
Le chirurgien va opérer le patient demain.
The surgeon will operate on the patient tomorrow.
Here, 'opérer' is used in the medical sense, referring to performing surgery on someone.
Ce projet requiert beaucoup d'efforts pour opérer les changements nécessaires.
This project requires a lot of effort to implement the necessary changes.
In this sentence, 'opérer' is used metaphorically, to mean executing or implementing changes.
Dans cette usine, ils utilisent des machines complexes pour opérer la production.
In this factory, they use complex machines to operate the production.
Here, 'opérer' refers to the control and functioning of machines in a production setting.
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