operate in English:

The telephone operator asked the caller to hold on until a connection was made.

Tom became good friends with the elevator operator in their hotel.

The ship's captain ordered the radio operator to send a distress signal.

Please hang up and the operator will call you back.

Call the operator at 104 then.

This is an operator.

Many websites prohibit misleading usernames that imply an official role on the website such as "admin," "administrator," "webmaster," "system operator," "sysop," or "moderator."

Operator, we were cut off.

While I was talking on the telephone with John, the operator cut in.

Despite "No Smoking" signs, the boat operator was brazenly smoking all the time.

Operator, I'd like to place a call to Winnipeg, Canada, but I can't quite remember the number.

He was the only competent operator for that machine.

When I telephoned the phone company, the hotline operator was polite and helpful.

Didn’t you see the operator seated at the front of the train?

This is the operator. Which extension would you like?