Operative

  • 21operative — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ fully ▪ The new system will not become fully operative until next year …

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  • 22operative — op|er|a|tive1 [ ap(ə)rətıv ] adjective working correctly and having the right effect the operative word the most important word in a sentence operative op|er|a|tive 2 [ ap(ə)rətıv ] noun count 1. ) TECHNICAL someone who does a particular kind of… …

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  • 23operative — A workman; a laboring man; an artisan; particularly one employed in factories. Secret agent or detective @ operative part That part of a conveyance, or of any instrument intended for the creation or transference of rights, by which the main… …

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  • 24operative — 1. adjective a) Effectual or important. Hes usually in a good mood the operative word there being usually . Today was a disaster. b) Functional, in working order. See Also: operand, operant, operate, operation …

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  • 25opérative — ● opératif, opérative adjectif Se dit de la période médiévale de la franc maçonnerie …

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  • 26operative — See operator, operative …

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  • 27operative — Synonyms and related words: Bow Street runner, CIA man, FBI, FBI agent, Federal, G man, Secret Service, Sherlock Holmes, T man, accessible, active, actor, agent, alive, architect, armipotent, artisan, author, authoritative, cloak and dagger… …

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  • 28operative — adj. & n. adj. 1 in operation; having effect. 2 having the principal relevance ( may is the operative word). 3 of or by surgery. 4 Law expressing an intent to perform a transaction. n. 1 a worker, esp. a skilled one. 2 US a private detective.… …

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  • 29Operative Media — Operative Media, Inc. Type Corporation Industry Digital Advertising Founded 2000 Headquarters New York City, New York …

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  • 30Operative temperature — (to) is defined as a uniform temperature of a radiantly black enclosure in which an occupant would exchange the same amount of heat by radiation plus convection as in the actual nonuniform environment.[1] Some references also use the terms… …

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