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单词 operativeness
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operativenessn.

Brit. /ˈɒp(ə)rətᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈɑp(ə)rədᵻvnᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: operative adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < operative adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality or condition of being operative; the power to produce effects; efficacy.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [noun]
mainOE
mightOE
strengthOE
efficace?c1225
bootingc1300
effectc1390
powera1393
boota1400
efficacity1430
operationc1450
valure1483
feck1495
efficacy1527
effectualness1545
effectuousnessa1576
validity1593
effectiveness1607
workingness1611
efficaciousnessa1628
operativeness1627
efficiency1633
effectualitya1641
energy1668
availablenessa1676
availment1699
potentialness1727
affectingnessa1774
effectivity1838
efficience1865
well working1879
1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. 62 The cessation of sensible operatiuenesse of Grace.
a1655 R. Robinson Christ All (1656) 316 It hath not lost..that liveliness and operativeness which it once had.
1860 H. Bushnell Serm. for New Life (new ed.) 283 When we speak of natural objects, we call them great or small, not according to their operativeness, but according to size, count, report, or show.
1880 J. Muirhead Inst. of Gaius & Rules of Ulpian Digest 597 The operativeness of the substitutions depended..upon the consideration whether the institute and substitutes were nominated with or without cretion.
1918 Science 6 Sept. 252/1 All those facilities and technical qualifications prerequisite to the proper determination of such purely research questions as operativeness, and novelty of conception!
1982 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 2: Eastern Europe (B.B.C.) 8 Apr. EE/6999/B/1 What we mean by the expanding social role of the socialist state is not a multiplication of administrative ways and means, and particularly not a global operativeness, but a modification in the role of the state.
1990 M. Klein Determinism, Blameworthiness, & Deprivation v. 117 It is a necessary condition for knowing what our reasons for action were that the operativeness of those reasons was causally responsible for the belief that they were our reasons.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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