lift operator

collocation in English

meaningsofliftandoperator

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lift
noun
uk
/lɪft/us
/lɪft/
UK
a device like a box that moves up and down, carrying people or goods from one floor of a building to another or taking people up and down underground in ...
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operator
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒp.ər.eɪ.tər/us
/ˈɑː.pə.reɪ.t̬ɚ/
someone whose job is to use and control a machine ...
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(Definition ofliftandoperatorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflift operator

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Theliftoperatorbuilds a residual constant expression with the same value as lift's argument.
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Theliftoperatoris used when a residual expression has a constant value that must be computed at partial evaluation time.
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Does he think that he can take a disabled man who acts as aliftoperatorin an office and send him into a factory?
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Theliftoperatorbrings him to the correct floor, and watches until he went in.
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Theliftoperatorwill then help them disembark, reset the safety gate, and initiate the lift restart procedure.
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The car was divided into two superimposed compartments, each holding 25 passengers, with theliftoperator occupying an exterior platform on the lower level.
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Three firefighters died in the attempt to extinguish the fire, and one femaleliftoperatordied when her cabin crashed to the ground level due to the fire.
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His father was a coal miner who lost a leg in a pit accident but continued working as aliftoperatorat the mine until his death.
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It mentioned, for example, lift operators, messengers, etc.
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One was lift operators, but they were only lift operators for specific kinds of lifts; and the others were car park attendants, and that was only in special individual circumstances.
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