Word: operation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: op
er
a
tion
Definition: The method or practice by which actions are done.
Morphemes:
Affix: operate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: operātus
Language: la
Decoded: operatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: worked, laboured, toiled
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.