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dock
Noun
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A dock is solid a place for boats and other vehicles to connect to.
The truck backed slowing in to the hotel loading dock with a load of vegetables.
She ran down the wooden dock to the waiting boat.
dock
Verb
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If a boat or other vehicle docks, it connects to a dock.
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If you dock someone's pay, you don't pay them the full amount as a punishment.
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If you dock two computers, you connect them using a wire.
operation
Noun
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An operation is a medical process, often opening the human body.
The doctors performed the operation in three hours.
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An operation is an action of a group of people working for a goal (often military).
The Army operation was a success.
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An operation is part or all of a business. small(often plural)/small
The company's East Coast operation was bigger than its West Coast operation.
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An operation is a symbol that is used to perform a specific operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication or division) in maths.
The plus symbol is used to perform a specific operation in maths which is addition.