operative field
— Noun
– English
～ the area that is open during surgery
operative
— Noun
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～ someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
operative
— Noun
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～ a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
operative
— Adjective
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～ 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
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～ (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
operative
— Adjective
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～ effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word"
operative
— Adjective
– English
～ being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"