# ops

Pronunciation: say "OPS" US /ɑps/, UK /ɒps/

## Noun

1. The day-to-day activities involved in running and managing something, such as a business or a military mission. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: The everyday work of running a business, team, or mission.
   - _After the merger, ops slowed to a crawl while the two systems were integrated._
   - _The ops manager rewrote the entire shipping workflow._
2. Plural of op: operations, especially surgical or military ones, and in some contexts operators or opponents. — plural of op
   - Simple: Plural of op: operations, especially surgeries or military missions, and sometimes people who operate something or people you compete against.
   - _The agency ran dozens of covert ops overseas during the war._
   - _Few details about special forces ops ever reach the public._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present of op. — third-person singular simple present indicative of op
   - Simple: The form of op used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _Whenever he logs in, the server ops him automatically._
   - _The channel founder ops only the people she trusts._

## Other meanings

- (noun) Operator status in an Internet Relay Chat channel, granting authority to manage users and channel settings.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/ops (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).