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- adjectiveoperative (adjective)
- functioning or having effect:"the transmitter is operative" · "the mining ban would remain operative"
- (of a word) having the most relevance or significance in a phrase or sentence:"a young man, and the operative word is young, should go into the armed services at around seventeen"
- relating to surgery:"they had wounds needing operative treatment"
nounoperative (noun) · operatives (plural noun)- a worker, especially a skilled one in a manufacturing industry.
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHa private detective or secret agent.
Originlate Middle English: from late Latin operativus, from Latin operat- ‘done by labor’, from the verb operari (see operate).Similar and Opposite Wordsadjective- functioning or having effect:
- (of a word) having the most relevance or significance in a phrase or sentence:
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- An operative can refer to1:
- A person who is employed in or skilled in a certain branch of work.
- A worker, especially one who is skilled in working with their hands.
- In some industries, an operative is specifically a representative or a manager.
- In the US, it can also refer to a person who works secretly for an organization, such as a CIA operative2.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.An operative is a person who is employed in or is skilled in a certain branch of work. Operative is generally used to mean a worker, but in some industries, an operative is specifically a representative or a manager.www.dictionary.com/browse/operativeformal a worker, especially one who is skilled in working with their hands: a factory operative mainly US a person who works secretly for an organization: a CIA operativedictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/operative Operative Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
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