in working order; valid; influential; important; surgical; efficient
worker; craftsman; artisan; person who is employed secretly in spying for a government
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Operative Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.
A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.
(a.)
Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.
Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.
(a.)
Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.
Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.
(a.)
Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as, operative surgery.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutBased upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as, operative surgery.
operative
\op"er*a*tive\ (?), a. [cf.l. operativus, f. opératif.]
1. having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive. it holds in all operative principles.
2. producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.
3. (surg.) based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as, operative surgery.
operative
\op"er*a*tive\, n. a skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.
operative
adj
1. being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the american political system" [ant: inoperative]
2. of or relating to a surgical operation; "operative surgery"
3. relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry" [syn: surgical]
[ant: medical]
4. effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word" [syn: key]
5. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes" [syn: running(a) , functional, working(a) ]
n 1: a person secretly employed in espionage for a government [syn: secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent ]
2: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information [syn: private detective, pi, private eye, private investigator, shamus, sherlock]
Active.
Ffeithiol = a. effectuating; operative
Gweithredol = a. operative, active
Noun
1. a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
(synonym) secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent
(hypernym) agent
(hyponym) agent-in-place
2. someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
(synonym) private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, shamus, sherlock
(hypernym) detective
(hyponym) hotel detective, house detective, house dick
Adjective
1. being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
(antonym) inoperative
(similar) at work(p), operant
2. of or relating to a surgical operation; "operative surgery"
(pertainym) operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
3. relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry"
(synonym) surgical
(similar) preoperative
4. effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word"
(synonym) key
(similar) significant, important
5. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
(synonym) running(a), functional, working(a)
(similar) functioning
Operative Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Operative may refer to:
- Political operative or campaign staff
- The Operative, a character from the television series Firefly
- The Operative: No One Lives Forever, a 2000 video game
- Operative Media, an advertising company, founded 2000
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