ops
SayOPS/ɑps/UK/ɒps/
- 1The everyday work of running a business, team, or mission.
Like the kitchen of a restaurant: the busy place where the real work gets done.
The ops team handles deliveries around the clock.
She moved from sales into ops last year.
UsageOften used before another noun, as in ops team or ops manager. In formal writing, use operations.
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- 2Plural of op: operations, especially surgeries or military missions, and sometimes people who operate something or people you compete against.
The team planned two ops for the same night.
The unit carried out several ops behind enemy lines.
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- 3The form of op used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
She ops new members as soon as they join the channel.
The bot ops anyone on the approved list.
Less common meaning
- 4Control over an online chat channel, letting a trusted user manage who can join or speak.
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ops is a form of op
op, noun: A person in charge of an IRC chat room, who can block users and keep order. Full entry
- Forms
- opops plural
- Spelling
- op → ops: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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