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Operative

Operative Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Operative? [n] someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information [n] a person secretly employed in espionage for a government [adj] being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system" [adj] (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes" [adj] relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry" [adj] effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word" [adj] of or relating to a surgical operation; "operative surgery" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Operative: at work(p) \| effective \| functional \| functioning \| good \| important \| in effect(p) \| in force(p) \| in operation(p) \| intelligence agent \| intelligence officer \| key \| operant \| operating(a) \| operational \| PI \| postoperative \| preoperative \| private detective \| private eye \| private investigator \| running(a) \| secret agent \| shamus \| sherlock \| significant \| surgical \| working \| working(a) Related Terms \| Find terms related to Operative: accessible \| active \| actor \| agent \| alive \| architect \| armipotent \| artisan \| author \| authoritative \| Bow Street runner \| CIA man \| cloak-and-dagger operative \| cogent \| conductor \| counterintelligence agent \| counterspy \| craftsman \| craftswoman \| creator \| detective \| doer \| double agent \| driver \| dynamic \| effective \| effectual \| efficacious \| efficient \| employable \| employee \| energetic \| engineer \| espionage agent \| executant \| executor \| executrix \| eye \| fabricator \| FBI \| FBI agent \| fed \| Federal \| forceful \| forcible \| functional \| functionary \| functioning \| G-man \| go \| gumshoe \| hand \| handler \| high-potency \| high-powered \| high-pressure \| high-tension \| hotel detective \| house detective \| house dick \| in force \| in power \| inquiry agent \| inside man \| intelligence agent \| investigator \| irresistible \| laborer \| live \| machinist \| maker \| manipulator \| mechanic \| medium \| mighty \| mighty in battle \| military-intelligence man \| mover \| narc \| naval-intelligence man \| operant \| operation \| operational \| operator \| performer \| perpetrator \| pilot \| plainclothesman \| police detective \| potent \| powerful \| practicable \| practical \| practitioner \| prepotent \| prime mover \| private detective \| private eye \| private investigator \| producer \| puissant \| reconnoiterer \| revenuer \| roustabout \| ruling \| runner \| running \| scout \| secret agent \| Secret Service \| shamus \| Sherlock Holmes \| sleuth \| spotter \| spy \| spy-catcher \| steersman \| store detective \| striking \| strong \| subject \| telling \| T-man \| treasury agent \| undercover man \| usable \| valid \| vigorous \| vital \| worker \| workhand \| working \| workingman \| workman See Also \| agent \| agent provocateur \| detective \| hotel detective \| house detective \| house dick \| inquiry agent \| spy \| store detective \| undercover agent Operative In Webster's Dictionary \Op"erative\, a. [Cf.L. operativus, F. op['e]ratif.] 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. --South. 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. \Op"erative\, n. A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.

Operative Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Operative?

[n] someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
[n] a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
[adj] being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
[adj] (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
[adj] relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry"
[adj] effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word"
[adj] of or relating to a surgical operation; "operative surgery"

Operative In Webster's Dictionary

\Op"er*a*tive\, a. [Cf.L. operativus, F. op['e]ratif.]
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. --South.

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.


\Op"er*a*tive\, n.
A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a
machine in a mill or manufactory.

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