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operate
Verb
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If you operate a machine, you control it.
Everyone on board is able to operate the ship.
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If a machine operates, it works.
Does the device operate independently or does it need to connect to other devices?
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If organizations or people operate, they work or do business.
The business will continue to operate under the same name.
The school operates a system for selling used textbooks.
It's really hard to operate with the kids running around.
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If a doctor operates, he cuts into a client's body to fix it.
setting
Noun
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A setting is an option on a machine that can be changed and kept for a long time.
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A setting is the place, time, and atmosphere in a theatrical work such as a play or opera
The setting of "West Side Story" is New York in the 1950s.
The director decided the setting for his production of "Hamlet" would be a dark old castle during the Middle Ages.