Looking for the meaning or definition of the word operative? That's all it means.
to become fully functional
secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative(noun)a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock(adj)someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
operative(adj)being in force or having or exerting force
"operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
surgical, operative(adj)relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
"a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry"
operative(adj)effective; producing a desired effect
"the operative word"
running(a), operative, functional, working(a)(adj)(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
"in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
being in effective operationthe last operative bookbinder of its kind in the business
producing or capable of producing a desired resultunfortunately, the operative amount of the medication and the lethal amount were too close for it to be used safely
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly countryCIA operatives take terrible risks to find out the secrets of foreign countries
a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing personsset in the 1930s, the novel is about a washed-out operative working for a third-rate detective agency
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