Meaning
- (verb) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
- (verb) To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially to take appropriate effect on the human system.
- (verb) To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
- (verb) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.
- (verb) To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
- (verb) To produce, as an effect; to cause.
- (verb) To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work. “to operate a machine”
- (adjective) In operation; that operates. “Don't touch the operating machinery.”
- (adjective) Involved in an operation.
Letter breakdown
- Operating contains 9 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 9 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 12.
Words from these letters
- tapering
- granite
- ingrate
- orating
- painter
- parting
- pertain
- pointer
- portage
- porting
- prating
- protean
- protein
- reaping
- repaint
- tangier
- tearing
- eating
- entrap
- gaiter
- garnet
- garote
- goiter
- goitre
- ignore
- oaring
- opiate
- opting
- orange
- orient
- ornate
- panier
- pantie
- parent
- paring
- patine
- patron
- pigeon
- pirate
- poring
- rapine
- raping
- rating
- ration
- regain
- region
- retain
- retina
- roping
- taping
- taring
- tarpon
- toeing
- tonier
- triage
- agent
- anger
- aping
- apron
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with OPE
- open
- opened
- opener
- openers
- openest
- openhanded
- opening
- openings
- openly
- openness
- opens
- openwork
- opera
- operable
- operand
- operands
- operas
- operate
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Words ending with ING
Reader questions
What does Operating mean?
To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
How many letters are in Operating?
Operating has 9 letters.
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