noun : OPERATIVE
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) a person secretly employed in espionage for a government ;
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2. (
) someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information ;
Adjective : OPERATIVE
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system" ;
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2. (
) relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry" ;
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3. (
) effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word" ;
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4. (
) (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes" ;
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