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How to spell operation

Operation is spelled O-P-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.

What it means: A medical procedure involving an incision.

In a sentence: The doctor performed an operation to help the teddy bear feel better. ▶

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Same family: operational, operative, operations, cooperation, operator. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Operation comes from the Latin word *operatio*, meaning 'a working' or 'an activity,' from *operari* ('to work'). The modern military sense grew from the idea of large, organized 'work' carried out by armed forces.

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