machine operation

Questions about machine operation

What is another word for machine operation?

It depends which machine operation you mean. In the sense “an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform”, the synonyms are computer operation. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of machine operation?

WordNet records no antonym for machine operation. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for machine operation come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of machine operation

• Full entry for machine operationAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for machine operationWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.