operative

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• February 10. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  operative — noun — english

  a person secretly employed in espionage for a government

• March 1. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  operative — noun — english

  someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information

• March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  operative — adjective — english

  being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"

• March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  operative — adjective — english

  relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry"

• March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  operative — adjective — english

  effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word"

• March 30. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  operative — adjective — english

  (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"