
Word: Operative
How to pronounce: ˈɒpərətɪv
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Functioning or having effect.
Example sentences: "The transmitter is operative"
2. Relating to surgery.
Example sentences: "They had wounds needing operative treatment"
Noun
Definitions:
1. A worker, especially a skilled one in a manufacturing industry.
Example sentences: "The lay people, it should be added, are most likely to be the technical operatives in the seed industry in the USA."
Synonyms:
field investigator
investigator
sleuth
efficient
working
operations
running
active
effective
surgical
efficacious
functional
effectual
spook
agent
secret agent
live
undercover
Antonyms:
inoperative
Derivations:
operable
operated
operational
operating
operation
operator
operate
operationally
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Operative in Other Languages...
Spanish: Operativo
German: Operativ
French: Opératoire
Italian: Operativo
Turkish: Ajan