operator
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)A person or organisation that operates a device, system, service, etc.
The drone crashed because of operator error.
The new bus operator has promised to improve the frequency of rural services.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)A telecommunications facilitator whose job is to connect or otherwise assist callers.
To get an international line, you used to have to go through the operator.
I kept getting "number unobtainable", so I called the operator to find out what was going on.
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(countable, uncountable)A member of a military special operations unit.
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)A surgeon; one who performs medical operations.
- 5.
(uncountable)The game of Chinese whispers.
- 6.
(countable, informal, uncountable)A person who is adept at making deals or getting results, especially one who uses questionable methods.
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(countable, uncountable)(mathematics) A function or other mapping that carries values defined on a domain into another value or set of values in a defined range.
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(countable, uncountable)(computing) The administrator of a channel or network on IRC.
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(countable, uncountable)(computing) A symbol that represents a construct in a programming language and differs from a normal function in its syntax.
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(countable, uncountable)(linguistics) A kind of expression that enters into an a-bar movement dependency and is said to bind a variable.
In the sentence "What did Bill say he wants to buy?", "what" is an operator, binding a phonetically empty variable.
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(countable, uncountable)(transport) A bus driver.
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(countable, uncountable)(by ellipsis, mining) The company that operates a mine; often the same one that owns the mine.
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ine-pro Borrowed from Latin operātor, from operor (work, labour). Equivalent to operate + --or.