different between operation vs planning
operation
English
Etymology
From Middle French operation, from Old French operacion, from Latin oper?ti?, from the verb operor (“I work”), from opus, operis (“work”). Equivalent to operate +? -ion.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??p???e???n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??p???e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: op?e?ra?tion
Noun
operation (countable and uncountable, plural operations)
- The method by which a device performs its function.
- It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in operation.
- The method or practice by which actions are done.
- The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
- the pain and sickness caused by manna are confessedly nothing but the effects of its operations on the stomach and guts.
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- Speculative painting, without the assistance of manual operation, can never attain to perfection.
- A planned undertaking.
- The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets.
- The Katrina relief operation was considered botched.
- A business or organization.
- We run our operation from a storefront.
- They run a multinational produce-supply operation.
- (medicine) A surgical procedure.
- She had an operation to remove her appendix.
- (computing, logic, mathematics) A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands);
(mathematics, more formally) a function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value. - (military) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm)
- (obsolete) Effect produced; influence.
- The bards […] had great operation on the vulgar.
Synonyms
- (mathematics): function, transformation
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??????? (oper?shon)
- ? Scottish Gaelic: opairèisean
Translations
References
- operation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- operation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- operation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- petronoia
Interlingua
Noun
operation (plural operationes)
- operation (surgical procedure)
Middle French
Noun
operation f (plural operations)
- function; role
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin oper?ti?
Pronunciation
Noun
operation c
- (medicine) surgery
Declension
References
- operation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- operation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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planning
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?plæn??/
Verb
planning
- present participle of plan
Noun
planning (countable and uncountable, plural plannings)
- (uncountable) Action of the verb to plan.
- The act of formulating of a course of action, or of drawing up plans.
- The act of making contingency plans.
- (informal, Britain) Planning permission.
- My neighbours were going to build an extension but they didn't get planning.
Usage notes
- Planning is context-based. It may function as a gerund or verb in a participle, but care must be taken to avoid misuse with 'plan'.
- Planning is almost never used in the plural, especially by native speakers. It sometimes appears in print, often in translated works especially in politics and management fields.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- planning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
planning f (plural planningen, diminutive planninkje n)
- planning; schedule
Related terms
- plannen
French
Etymology
A pseudo-anglicism.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pla.ni?/
Noun
planning m (plural plannings)
- schedule, work plan
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