operative
Meaning of operative
noun
- An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
- A spy, secret agent, or detective.
- A participant in an operation.
- Effectual or important.
He's usually in a good mood — the operative word there being "usually". Today was a disaster.
- Functional, in working order.
- Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects.
an operative motive
- Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.
an operative dose, rule, or penalty
- Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations.
operative surgery
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Hyphenation of operative
op-er-a-tive
- It consists of 4 syllables and 9 chars.
- operative is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
operative synonyms
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Translation of operative
Anagrams of operative
Words that rhyme with operative
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