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operative
English
Etymology
From Middle French operatif (modern French opératif).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??p???t?v/, (colloquial) /??p??t?v/
Adjective
operative (comparative more operative, superlative most operative)
- Effectual or important.
- He's usually in a good mood — the operative word there being "usually". Today was a disaster.
- Functional, in working order.
- Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects.
- an operative motive
- It holds in all operative principles.
- Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.
- an operative dose, rule, or penalty
- Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations. [from 18th c.]
- operative surgery
Derived terms
- operatively
- operativeness
- operative word
- operativity
- preoperative, postoperative, inoperative, nonoperative
Related terms
- operand
- operant
- operate
- operation
- operational
- operator
Translations
Noun
operative (plural operatives)
- An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
- A spy, secret agent, or detective.
- A participant in an operation.
Translations
References
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Operative”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 145, column 2.
Anagrams
- evaporite
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
operative
- inflection of operativ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
operative
- feminine plural of operativo
Anagrams
- operatevi
Latin
Adjective
oper?t?ve
- vocative masculine singular of oper?t?vus
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
operative
- inflection of operativ:
- definite singular
- plural
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
operative
- inflection of operativ:
- definite singular
- plural
Swedish
Adjective
operative
- absolute definite natural masculine form of operativ.
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operate
English
Etymology
From Latin oper?tus, past participle of oper?r? (“to work, labor, toil, have effect”), from opus, operis (“work, labor”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??p??e?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??p??e?t/
- Hyphenation: op?er?ate
Verb
operate (third-person singular simple present operates, present participle operating, simple past and past participle operated)
- (transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
- (transitive or intransitive) To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (medicine) to take appropriate effect on the human system.
- (transitive or intransitive) To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
- September 28, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon
- The virtues of private persons operate but on a few.
- 1720, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Young Clergyman
- A plain, convincing reason operates on the mind both of a learned and ignorant hearer as long as they live.
- September 28, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon
- (medicine, transitive or intransitive) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.
- (transitive or intransitive) To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
- (transitive or intransitive) To produce, as an effect; to cause.
- (transitive or intransitive) To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work.
Derived terms
- inter-operate
- operatable
Related terms
Translations
References
- operate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- operate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Italian
Adjective
operate pl
- plural of operata
Verb
operate
- second-person plural present of operare
- second-person plural imperative of operare
- feminine plural past participle of operare
Anagrams
- poetare
- poeterà
Latin
Participle
oper?te
- vocative masculine singular of oper?tus
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