OPERATIVE
\ˈɒpəɹətˌɪv], \ˈɒpəɹətˌɪv], \ˈɒ_p_ə_ɹ_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]\
Definitions of OPERATIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
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effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word"
By Princeton University
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being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
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effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.
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Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.
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Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as, operative surgery.
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A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.
By Oddity Software
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Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.
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Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.
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Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as, operative surgery.
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A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.
By Noah Webster.
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Having the power of acting; having effect; as, an operative law; vigorous.
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An artisan or skilled workman.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Having the power of operating or acting: exerting force: producing effects.
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A workman in a manufactory, a laborer.
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OPERATIVELY.
By Daniel Lyons
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OPERATIVELY.
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Exerting power; working efficiently; connected with operations.
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A worker at handicraft; laborer; artizan.
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Operator.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
