machine operator

collocation in English

meaningsofmachineandoperator

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machine
noun[C]
uk
/məˈʃiːn/us
/məˈʃiːn/
a piece of equipment with several moving parts that uses power to do a particular type ...
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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 ofmachineandoperatorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmachine operator

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Sensor-based monitoring is very useful when themachineoperator/user has to control and monitor a machine in a remote or distributed environment.
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The use of an effective automated digging control system would give everymachineoperatorthe capabilities of an expert operator, and generate the following benefits.
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Skilled manual workers : shoemaker, saddler, weaver, tailor,machineoperator, blacksmith, carpenter, tanner, merchant, baker, chauffeur.
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In the field, themachineoperatoris also the machine adjuster and fitter.
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Themachineoperatorslipped and damaged her back.
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Is he just anothermachineoperator?
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We have many far more highly paid industrial workers than amachineoperatorbrought in from outside, quite untrained, who becomes a semi-skilled operator in an engineering factory.
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My union has drawn my attention to a recent case concerning a man who died from cancer following his work as a grindingmachineoperatorat an ochre works.
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An engine driver, amachineoperatorwho has been doing the same thing for perhaps 50 years, from 15 to 65, hardly knows anything else during the daytime, anyway.
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In the eyes of a company, the output of themachineoperatoris more important than the output of a man who has acquired an inherited skill.
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The donkey puncher was themachineoperatorand engineer.
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His father was amachineoperator(died 1917).
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By day, he worked in a factory as amachineoperator.
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Occupational health and safety reports have recommended regular breaks for themachineoperatordue to vibrations.
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As long as the grindingmachineoperatorcan produce a shaft with actual diameter somewhere between 9.999 mm and 10.001 mm, the shaft is acceptable.
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Lerner was fired for organizing a union while working as an extrusionmachineoperatorfor the jewelry industry.
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Machineoperatorintervention is typically required in red and yellow machine states, as these are normally errors or warnings.
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