French Meaning of operative

opératoire

Other French words related to opératoire

Definitions and Meaning of operative in English

Wordnet

operative (n)

a person secretly employed in espionage for a government

someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information

Wordnet

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

Wordnet

operative (s)

effective; producing a desired effect

(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing

Webster

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.

Webster

operative (n.)

A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.

FAQs About the word operative

opératoire

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,espion,actif,émissaire,Informateur,taupe,Agent secret,fantôme,undercover,agent infiltré

cassé,mort,inactif,inopérant,non fonctionnel,Non fonctionnel,non opérationnel,non opératoire,arrêté,désactivé

operations research => recherche opérationnelle, operations => opérations, operationally => Opérationnellement, operationalist => analyste opérationnel, operationalism => Opérationnalisme,