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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Operative \Op"er*a*tive\, n.
     1. A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a
        machine in a mill or manufactory.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. One who acts as an agent of another, especially a
        detective or spy.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Operative \Op"er*a*tive\, a. [Cf.L. operativus, F. op['e]ratif.]
     1. Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force,
        physical or moral; active in the production of effects;
        as, an operative motive; operative laws.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It holds in all operative principles. --South.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious;
        effective; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Surg.) Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or
        operations; as, operative surgery.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Operative \Op"er*a*tive\, a. [Cf.L. operativus, F. op['e]ratif.]
     1. Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force,
        physical or moral; active in the production of effects;
        as, an operative motive.
  
              It holds in all operative principles. --South.
  
     2. Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious;
        as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.
  
     3. (Surg.) Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or
        operations; as, operative surgery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Operative \Op"er*a*tive\, n.
     A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a
     machine in a mill or manufactory.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  operative
       adj 1: being in force or having or exerting force; "operative
              regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the
              American political system" [ant: inoperative]
       2: of or relating to a surgical operation; "operative surgery"
       3: relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery
          especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix";
          "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry" [syn: surgical]
          [ant: medical]
       4: effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word"
          [syn: key]
       5: (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in
          running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
          [syn: running(a), functional, working(a)]
       n 1: a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
            [syn: secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence
            agent]
       2: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect
          information [syn: private detective, PI, private eye,
           private investigator, shamus, sherlock]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  operative
     Αγγλικά n.
     εργάτης

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  operative
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: operativ)
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it operativo)
     Norwegian Bokmål a.
     (inflection of nb operativ  def s ; p)
     Swedish a.
     (adj form of sv operativ  def natm s)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  operative
     a.
     1 effectual or important.
     2 functional, in working order.
     3 Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or
  moral; active in the production of effects.
     4 Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.
     5 Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations.
  (century: 18)
     n.
     1 An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
     2 A spy, secret agent, or detective.
     3 A participant in an operation.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  operative
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: operativ)
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it operativo)
     Norwegian Bokmål a.
     (inflection of nb operativ  def s ; p)
     Swedish a.
     (adj form of sv operativ  def natm s)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  operative
     German a.
     (de-adj form of: operativ)
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it operativo)
     Norwegian Bokmål a.
     (inflection of nb operativ  def s ; p)
     Swedish a.
     (adj form of sv operativ  def natm s)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  operative
     Englanti a.
     1 keskeinen, merkityksellinen
     2 toimiva
     3 voimassaoleva

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  operative
     a.
     (böjning sv adj operativ)

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  operative
     a.
     (böjning sv adj operativ)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  operative /ˈɒpəɹətˌɪv/
  arbeider, werker

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Operative /ˈɒpəɹətˌɪv/
  المشارك

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  operative //ˈɒpəɹətɪv// //ˈɒpɹətɪv// 
  1. оперативен
  based upon a surgical operation
  2. действащ
  effectual
  3. работещ
  functional

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  operative /ˈɒpəɹətˌɪv/ 
  operativní