operate
verb (used without object)
to work, perform, or function, as a machine does.
will have operated
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future perfectof operate.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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Earlier this year, Super League's 12 current clubs voted to expand the competition to 14 teams from next season - the first time the league will have operated with that number since 2014.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
With the announcement, Phoenix Union, which serves more than 27,000 high school students, will have operated online for most of the year.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 15, 2020
"SAS men will have operated in high-level political situations and strange environments and are unlikely to be intimidated by power -- political, commercial, financial, criminal or any other."
From Reuters ● Sep. 23, 2011
