Canadian English Meaning of operative
operative
Other Canadian English words related to operative
- broken
- dead
- inactive
- inoperative
- non-functional
- Non-functioning
- nonoperational
- nonoperative
- arrested
- deactivated
- decommissioned
- idle
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inoperable
- kaput
- kaput
- latent
- Nonactivated
- non-operating
- Unusable
- unworkable
- useless
- asleep
- dormant
- fallow
- inert
- lifeless
- nonproductive
- quiescent
- sleepy
- unproductive
Nearest Words of operative
- operations research => operations research
- operations => operations
- operationally => Operationally
- operationalist => operations researcher
- operationalism => Operationalism
- operational damage => Operational damage
- operational cell => Operational cell
- operational casualty => operational casualty
- operational => operational
- operation desert storm => Operation Desert Storm
Definitions and Meaning of operative in English
operative (n)
a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
operative (a)
being in force or having or exerting force
relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
operative (s)
effective; producing a desired effect
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
operative (a.)
Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.
Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.
Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as, operative surgery.
operative (n.)
A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.
FAQs About the word operative
operative
a person secretly employed in espionage for a government, someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information, being in force or having or exertin
agent,spy,asset,emissary,Informer,mole,Secret agent,ghost,undercover,undercover agent
broken,dead,inactive,inoperative,non-functional,Non-functioning,nonoperational,nonoperative,arrested,deactivated
operations research => operations research, operations => operations, operationally => Operationally, operationalist => operations researcher, operationalism => Operationalism,
