Associations to the word «Operative»
Noun
- Scottish
- Detective
- Croydon
- Saskatoon
- Store
- Insurance
- Toulouse
- Conte
- Bowel
- Steroid
- Reese
- Gujarat
- Bleeding
- Dk
- Guild
- Pakistani
- Bourgeois
- Nikita
- Informer
- Hostage
- Regina
- Civilian
- Profit
- Drone
- Movement
- Macpherson
- Workman
- Al
- Lowell
- Abs
- Antibiotic
- Guerrilla
- Socialism
- Bomb
- Spectre
- Security
- Cambodia
- Machinery
- Marketing
- Kilkenny
- Pain
- Cadre
- Recovery
- Killing
- Amalgamation
- Iranian
- Wolfe
- Housing
- Convenience
- Handler
- Sis
- Coughing
- Operation
- Manitoba
- Embassy
- Columnist
- Supplier
- Nitro
- Hassan
- Courier
- Lymph
- Infection
- Iraq
- Fracture
- Shopkeeper
- Contra
- Incidence
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
OPERATIVE, adjective. Effectual or important.
OPERATIVE, adjective. Functional, in working order.
OPERATIVE, adjective. Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects.
OPERATIVE, adjective. Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.
OPERATIVE, adjective. Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations.
OPERATIVE, noun. An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
OPERATIVE, noun. A spy, secret agent, or detective.
OPERATIVE, noun. A participant of an operation.
OPERATIVE CLAUSE, noun. (legal) A clause (of a judgment, order, resolution, etc.) which requires anything to be done or not to be done.
OPERATIVE WORD, noun. The key word in a sentence.
OPERATIVE WORDS, noun. Plural of operative word
Dictionary definition
OPERATIVE, noun. A person secretly employed in espionage for a government.
OPERATIVE, noun. Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information.
OPERATIVE, adjective. Being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system".
OPERATIVE, adjective. Relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry".
OPERATIVE, adjective. Effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word".
OPERATIVE, adjective. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes".
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.