Synonyms for Operation (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (process or manner of functioning or operating):
performance, functioning
WordNet sense 2 ((psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents):
process, process, cognitive operation, cognitive process, mental process
WordNet sense 3 (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)):
military operation
WordNet sense 4 ((mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods):
mathematical process, mathematical operation
WordNet sense 5 (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body):
surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
WordNet sense 6 (a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work):
procedure
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