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Definition of Operative
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Operative
Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive. Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty. Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as, operative surgery. A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory. Related Definitions:
Acting, Active, An, Appropriate, Artisan, As, Based, Consisting, Designed, Dose, Effect, Efficacious, Exerting, Force, Having, Hence, In, Machine, Manufactory, Mill, Moral, Motive, Of, One, Operation, Operative, Or, Penalty, Physical, Power, Producing, Production, Rule, Skilled, Surgery, The, Upon, Who, Worker |
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Operative Quotations
We mostly feel fearful because we feel powerless. We feel powerless, I contend, because of a style of thinking that splits information in two poles that makes us lose all the operative information we need to solve the problem. Patricia Sun The two things I was positive about in life were that I was going to be a teacher at a boarding school or an operative with the CIA posted abroad. I could write a book about all the things I was sure about. Tucker Carlson WHATEVER Life may really be, it is to us an abstraction: for the word is a generalised term to signify that which is common to all animals and plants, and which is not directly operative in the inorganic world. Oliver J. Lodge The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account. Leland Stanford I would like to see the day when somebody would be appointed surgeon somewhere who had no hands, for the operative part is the least part of the work. Harvey Cushing |
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Operative Translations
operative in Afrikaans is werker operative in Danish is arbejder operative in Dutch is arbeider, werkman, werker, werkkracht operative in French is ouvrier operative in Portuguese is obreiro, operativo operative in Spanish is operativo, obrero |
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