Adjective(1) being in force or having or exerting force,of or relating to a surgical operation,relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine,effective,producing a desired effect,(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing,active,functioning; influential(2) being in force or having or exerting force(3) of or relating to a surgical operation(4) relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine(5) effective(6) producing a desired effect(7) (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing(8) active(9) functioning; influential
Noun(1) a person secretly employed in espionage for a government(2) someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
Adjective(1) being in force or having or exerting force,of or relating to a surgical operation,relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine,effective,producing a desired effect,(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing,active,functioning; influential(2) being in force or having or exerting force(3) of or relating to a surgical operation(4) relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine(5) effective(6) producing a desired effect(7) (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing(8) active(9) functioning; influential
Noun(1) a person secretly employed in espionage for a government(2) someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
(1) The operative technique used for angioplasty in these patients is now obsolete.(2) The operative word is u2018deadu2019 because apart from the fact that it was nearly 8pm, there were only a dozen or so cars in the car park and what is even worse, we were the only diners in the lovely restaurant.(3) For some major types of surgery, operative mortality is an important measure of performance.(4) Still, the crowding-out effect is operative as the new money u2018printedu2019 by the government is competing for resources with old money saved by the public.(5) The operative word is fair, for soon the City might itself be experimenting with privatisation of water, with French multinational companies running the show.(6) See if that u2018big grinu2019 is operative in a courtroom.(7) But the operative words are u2018almost everythingu2019.(8) In addition, the transcervical approach has fewer associated side effects, decreased operative time and minimal postoperative hospitalization.(9) And supposed is the operative word in that sentence, right?(10) But neither one of these two fine Americans told me that she was an undercover operative at the CIA.(11) u2018Independentu2019 is the operative word, for it was clear even then that the wind was blowing in the direction of corporatisation and integrated players.(12) Nevertheless, the high incidence of macrosomia and other complications often results in cesarean or other operative delivery.(13) At a fixed fare of Rs 15, the service is operative from 8 am to 9 pm.(14) There is a seemingly intriguing feature for the requirements necessary to be a CIA operative that ends up being a waste of time, while the disc proper is closed out with a trailer.(15) Fractures with even small amounts of displacement are prone to nonunion, and operative treatment is recommended.(16) The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into how a CIA operative 's name was made public.
