operative

noun

/ˈɒpərətɪv/

/ˈɑːpərətɪv/

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(specialist) a worker, especially one who works with their hands
- a factory operative
- skilled/unskilled operatives
(especially North American English) a person who does secret work, especially for a government organization
- an intelligence operative

Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin operativus, from Latin operat- ‘done by labour’, from the verb operari, from opus, oper- ‘work’.

operative

adjective

/ˈɒpərətɪv/

/ˈɑːpərətɪv/

Idioms

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[not usually before noun] ready to be used; in use synonym functional
- This law becomes operative immediately.
- The station will be fully operative again in January.
- an agreement/an accord/a proposal/a tax/a rule/an amendment/an act becomes operative
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- become
- remain
- …
adverb
- fully
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[only before noun] (medical) connected with a medical operation
- operative treatment
see also post-operativeTopics Medicinec2

Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin operativus, from Latin operat- ‘done by labour’, from the verb operari, from opus, oper- ‘work’.

Idioms

the operative word

used to emphasize that a particular word or phrase is the most important one in a sentence
- I was in love with her—‘was’ being the operative word.
- He seemed nice. But ‘seemed’ was the operative word.

单词	operative
释义	operative noun /ˈɒpərətɪv/ /ˈɑːpərətɪv/ jump to other results (specialist) a worker, especially one who works with their hands a factory operative skilled/unskilled operatives (especially North American English) a person who does secret work, especially for a government organization an intelligence operative Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin operativus, from Latin operat- ‘done by labour’, from the verb operari, from opus, oper- ‘work’. operative adjective /ˈɒpərətɪv/ /ˈɑːpərətɪv/ Idioms jump to other results [not usually before noun] ready to be used; in use synonym functional This law becomes operative immediately. The station will be fully operative again in January. an agreement/an accord/a proposal/a tax/a rule/an amendment/an act becomes operative Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be become remain … adverb fully See full entry [only before noun] (medical) connected with a medical operation operative treatment see also post-operativeTopics Medicinec2 Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin operativus, from Latin operat- ‘done by labour’, from the verb operari, from opus, oper- ‘work’. Idioms the operative word used to emphasize that a particular word or phrase is the most important one in a sentence I was in love with her—‘was’ being the operative word. He seemed nice. But ‘seemed’ was the operative word.
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