operative - Meaning in Malayalam

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operative - Meaning in Malayalam

operative Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of operative in English

operative adjective

1. being in force or having or exerting force

   Examples

   • "operative regulations"
   • "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
2. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing

   Synonyms

   functional, running, working

   Examples

   • "a functional set of brakes"
   • "in running (or working) order"
3. relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine

   Synonyms

   surgical

   Examples

   • "a surgical appendix"
   • "a surgical procedure"
   • "operative dentistry"
4. effective; producing a desired effect

   Example

   • "the operative word"

operative noun

1. someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information

   Synonyms

   PI, PI, PI, private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus, shamus, sherlock, sherlock

2. a person secretly employed in espionage for a government

   Synonyms

   intelligence agent, intelligence officer, intelligence officer, secret agent

Synonyms of operative

• pi, private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus, sherlock
• intelligence agent, intelligence officer, secret agent
• functional, running, working
• surgical

Antonyms of operative

inoperative

More matches for operative

noun 

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