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operator

/ˈɒpəˌɹeɪtə/ /ˈɑpəˌɹeɪɾɚ/

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One who operates.

Examples :

"The telephone operator answered the call. "

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A telecommunications facilitator whose job is to establish temporary network connections.

Examples :

"The operator connected the school's classrooms to the internet. "

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A function or other mapping that carries variables defined on a domain into another variable or set of variables in a defined range.

Examples :

"The calculator's operator function takes the numbers you enter as input and produces the sum as output. "

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The game of Chinese whispers.

Examples :

"The operator in the game of Chinese whispers was my sister, who whispered the message to the next person. "

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A person who is adept at making deals or getting results, especially one who uses questionable methods.

Examples :

"The operator convinced the school board to approve the new sports stadium, even though the project had faced many objections. "

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A member of a military special operations unit.

Examples :

"The special operations operator trained relentlessly for months before deploying. "

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The administrator of a channel or network on IRC.

Examples :

"The IRC operator for the school's student forum made sure everyone followed the rules. "

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A symbol that represents a construct in a programming language and differs from a normal function in its syntax.

Examples :

"The plus sign (+) is an operator in mathematics and many programming languages. "

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A kind of expression that enters into an a-bar movement dependency and is said to bind a variable.

Examples :

"In the sentence "What did Bill say he wants to buy?", "what" is an operator, binding a phonetically empty variable."

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