This is the 10859th most frequent French word.
opérer
To operate; to perform an action or a procedure, especially in a medical or functional context.
Here, 'opérer' is used in the medical sense, referring to performing surgery on someone.
Le chirurgien va opérer le patient demain.
The surgeon will operate on the patient tomorrow.
In this sentence, 'opérer' is used metaphorically, to mean executing or implementing changes.
Ce projet requiert beaucoup d'efforts pour opérer les changements nécessaires.
This project requires a lot of effort to implement the necessary changes.
Here, 'opérer' refers to the control and functioning of machines in a production setting.