n.
1.a business especially one run on a large scale
2.a planned activity involving many people performing various actions
3.a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
4.the state of being in effect or being operative
5.a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments
6.activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)
7.(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
8.process or manner of functioning or operating
9.(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods 10.(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity 11.the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
Idiom of the Day
prevail upon (someone)
to ask or beg someone (for a favor)
I had to prevail upon my friend to lend me some money for my holiday.
