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What (who) is operative - definition
operative
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Operatives; Operative (disambiguation); The Operative
(operatives)
1.
A system or service that is operative is working or having an effect. (FORMAL)
The commercial telephone service was no longer operative...
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
2.
An operative is a worker, especially one who does work with their hands. (FORMAL)
In an automated car plant there is not a human operative to be seen.
N-COUNT
3.
An operative is someone who works for a government agency such as the intelligence service. (mainly AM)
Naturally the CIA wants to protect its operatives.
N-COUNT
4.
If you describe a word as the operative word, you want to draw attention to it because you think it is important or exactly true in a particular situation.
As long as the operative word is 'greed', you can't count on people keeping the costs down...
PHRASE: N inflects
Operative
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Operatives; Operative (disambiguation); The Operative
·adj Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as, operative surgery.
II. Operative ·noun A skilled worker; an artisan; ·esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.
III. Operative ·adj Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.
IV. Operative ·adj Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.
operative
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Operatives; Operative (disambiguation); The Operative
¦ adjective
1. functioning; having effect.
(of a word) having the most significance in a phrase.
2. relating to surgery.
¦ noun
1. a worker, especially one in a manufacturing industry.
2. chiefly N. Amer. a private detective or secret agent.
Derivatives
operatively adverb
operativeness noun
Examples of use of operative
1. The exhibition is sponsored by the Co–operative Bank and Co–operative Insurance Services (CIS). Fairtrade Fortnight is from ' March.
2. Sampson "wasn‘t some rogue operative," Bradshaw said.
3. Operative party institutions can fix mistakes midterm.
4. "Systems" and "solutions" are the operative words.
5. Khan confirmed that the money had been delivered to an operative named Zubeir and provided both a physical description and contact number for this operative.