What does operation mean?
Word: Operation
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Operation means a treatment in which doctors cut into the body to mend or remove something. It can also mean a planned piece of work, or a maths process such as adding.
Synonyms: surgery
How do you spell operation?
Syllables: op - er - a - tion
Tricky part: There is only one p, though many children double it.
Watch out for: opperation, operration
Memory tip: One patient, one p: an operation is done on one patient at a time.
Operation in a sentence
Example 1: Grandpa had an eye operation and now sees clearly.
Example 2: The clean-up operation on the beach went on all day.
Example 3: The doctors finished the operation in two hours.
Fun Fact
Before an operation, surgeons scrub their hands for several minutes and wear masks and gloves to keep germs away.
Practise the CREST Way
Spellacadabra
Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order:
o, e, a
a) _d_c_tion
b) _p_r_tion
c) c_l_br_tion
d) d_c_r_tion
Show answer
b) _p_r_tion. Operation takes o, e and a; celebration, decoration and education need other vowels.
Word Champ
Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?
operation
a) ration
b) patron
c) parrot
d) pirate
Show answer
c) parrot. Parrot's double r is the problem: operation has one r.
Spell Spies
Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:
The surgen said Grandma's knee operasion went well.
a) only surgen
b) only operasion
c) knee and went
d) surgen and operasion
Show answer
d) surgen and operasion. Surgeon has eo, and operation ends in tion.
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
npoaterio
a) a large building where sick people are cared for
b) a photograph that shows the bones inside the body
c) a doctor's written note saying which medicine to buy
d) a treatment in which a surgeon works inside the body
Show answer
d) a treatment in which a surgeon works inside the body. Spot the p and the tion, and npoaterio turns into operation.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which word names a maths operation?
a) protractor
b) pictograph
c) rectangle
d) subtraction
Show answer
d) subtraction
2. Before an operation, doctors give medicine so that the patient ___.
a) feels no pain
b) can run faster
c) grows taller
d) stays awake all night
Show answer
a) feels no pain
