Operative
['ɒp(ə)rətɪv] or ['ɑpərətɪv]
Definition
(adj.) being in force or having or exerting force; 'operative regulations'; 'the major tendencies operative in the American political system' .
(adj.) effective; producing a desired effect; 'the operative word' .
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Definition
(a.) Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.
(a.) Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.
(a.) Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as, operative surgery.
(n.) A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Acting, active, in action, in operation.[2]. Effective, efficient, effectual, efficacious, serviceable.
n. Laborer, artisan, laboring man, common workman.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Active, efficacious, serviceable, binding
ANT:Inefficacious, inoperative
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Examples
- A continuously operative primary battery. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- So paradoxical and inoperative did this seem at first that it was met with incredulity, and not until repeated demonstrations established the fact was it accepted as an operative device. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Sherman had written a letter to Banks, proposing a co-operative movement with him against Shreveport, subject to my approval. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A proscribed fugitive, with a price upon his head; a fester and a wound upon the noble character of the Coketown operative! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- GENERAL:-- * * * Your movements are intended as co-operative with Sherman's through the States of South and North Carolina. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Most of these were not members of the operative class. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The perfect or complete ideal is not a mere ideal; it is operative here and now. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- On its beneficent side it promises a new professional interest in work, self-education, and the co-operative management of industry. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Recently, there was established in New York an electric co-operative garage, the joint enterprise of the electric passenger car manufacturers and an electric company. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A thumb piece or key on the top, and a push button on the side, were the only suggestions of the operative mechanism within. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I expected your movements to be co-operative with Sherman's laSt. This has now entirely failed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The joint family is a co-operative corporation, in which men and women have a well-defined place. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The non-technical reader may wonder what use can possibly be made of an apparently non-operative piece of apparatus. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is intended that your movements shall be co-operative with movements elsewhere, and you cannot now start too soon. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The machines for drilling and boring are the best that money can buy, and the operatives the most skilful to be found anywhere. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Oh, men and Englishmen, the down-trodden operatives of Coketown! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The operatives were told they could leave and take with them what cloth they could carry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Operatives, girls in many cases, handle the most terrible compounds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Damn the day they named tractor factories and villages and co-operatives for you so that you are a symbol that I cannot touch. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Our presence did not seem to attract the attention of either the manager or the operatives, most of whom were girls. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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