Operative
adjective
Making things work, or influencing the operation of something.
The operative machines in the factory are noisy.
Often appears as...
- operative word
- operative term
noun
A worker or person who works in a specific occupation.
The factory has hired more operatives.
Often appears as...
- factory operative
- skilled operative
adjective
Having an important or meaningful effect.
The operative cause of the accident was poor maintenance.
Often appears as...
- operative cause
- operative effect
noun
A secret agent.
The government sent an operative to gather intelligence.
Often appears as...
- intelligence operative
- undercover operative
adjective
Making things work, or influencing the operation of something.
The operative machines in the factory are noisy.
Often appears as...
- operative word
- operative term
noun
A worker or person who works in a specific occupation.
The factory has hired more operatives.
Often appears as...
- factory operative
- skilled operative
adjective
Having an important or meaningful effect.
The operative cause of the accident was poor maintenance.
Often appears as...
- operative cause
- operative effect
noun
A secret agent.
The government sent an operative to gather intelligence.
Often appears as...
- intelligence operative
- undercover operative
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Practical Implication
Focuses on making things work practically in everyday situations.
Are the repairs operative yet?
Pro Tip 2/3Word Emphasis
Used to stress the main or crucial word in a phrase or sentence.
In the phrase 'silently operative', 'operative' is the key word.
Pro Tip 3/3System Functioning
Refers to how parts of a system are actively working together.
The new software is fully operative in the network.
Pro Tip 1/3Practical Implication
Focuses on making things work practically in everyday situations.
Are the repairs operative yet?
Pro Tip 2/3Word Emphasis
Used to stress the main or crucial word in a phrase or sentence.
In the phrase 'silently operative', 'operative' is the key word.
Pro Tip 3/3System Functioning
Refers to how parts of a system are actively working together.
The new software is fully operative in the network.
Pro Tip 1/3Practical Implication
Focuses on making things work practically in everyday situations.
Are the repairs operative yet?
Pro Tip 2/3Word Emphasis
Used to stress the main or crucial word in a phrase or sentence.
In the phrase 'silently operative', 'operative' is the key word.
Pro Tip 3/3System Functioning
Refers to how parts of a system are actively working together.
The new software is fully operative in the network.
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A New Age of Exploration...
looked up and the whole bat cave emptied out it was dusk and I looked up like and of course the bats are all pooping when they leave the cave I got a big hot blonde Oh splash right my left eye and and I called the CDC Centers for Disease Control they had an operative there and he said you really shouldn't have gone in there I said well why not I remember
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An inside look at...
phone call an hour later I was sitting across the table from an intelligence agent intelligence officer who of course recruited me to become an undercover account operative or his eyesight doing my Islamic duty to protect innocent people now I can't talk about the intelligence
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Military robots and the...
knows, we do things in the video world that we wouldn't do face to face. So much of what you're hearing from me is that there's another side to technologic revolutions, and that it's shaping our present and maybe will shape our future of war. Moore's Law is operative,
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Michael Moschen:...
Does it really have anything to do with anything in my life? You know, I can't decipher -- is it fun? Is it challenging? Am I supposed to cheat? You know, what are you supposed to do? You've got somebody up here who is the operative principle
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Will automation take...
cleaning, security, home health aids. Simultaneously, employment is shrinking in many middle-education, middle-wage, middle-class jobs, like blue-collar production and operative positions and white-collar clerical and sales positions.
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Marc Goodman: A vision...
They picked up his identification, and they phoned his name in to the terrorist war room, where the terrorist war room Googled him, and found a picture and called their operatives on the ground and said, "Your hostage, is he heavyset?
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Michael Nichols:...
throughout there rains they always have been they are still hunted so all of my experiences were with elephants for the next 15 years our elephants that are afraid of it that's the clearing and the operative thing here is this is the
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Safari Live - Day 226 PIPE...
elephant continued to eat in peace while the pride enjoyed the cool of the marsh grass and shade from the nearby quadrant thickets lions around or here in the Mara triangle excuse me the owner operative Lions it is the
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A vision of crimes in...
and they phoned his name in to the terrorist war room where the terrorist war room googled him and found a picture and called their operatives on the ground and said your hostage is a heavy
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The little risks you can...
Apparently. That's the operative word. It looks like it's chance because we rarely see all the levers that come into play to make people lucky.
Video examples
A New Age of Exploration...
looked up and the whole bat cave emptied out it was dusk and I looked up like and of course the bats are all pooping when they leave the cave I got a big hot blonde Oh splash right my left eye and and I called the CDC Centers for Disease Control they had an operative there and he said you really shouldn't have gone in there I said well why not I remember
Video examples
An inside look at...
phone call an hour later I was sitting across the table from an intelligence agent intelligence officer who of course recruited me to become an undercover account operative or his eyesight doing my Islamic duty to protect innocent people now I can't talk about the intelligence
Video examples
Military robots and the...
knows, we do things in the video world that we wouldn't do face to face. So much of what you're hearing from me is that there's another side to technologic revolutions, and that it's shaping our present and maybe will shape our future of war. Moore's Law is operative,
Video examples
Michael Moschen:...
Does it really have anything to do with anything in my life? You know, I can't decipher -- is it fun? Is it challenging? Am I supposed to cheat? You know, what are you supposed to do? You've got somebody up here who is the operative principle
Video examples
Will automation take...
cleaning, security, home health aids. Simultaneously, employment is shrinking in many middle-education, middle-wage, middle-class jobs, like blue-collar production and operative positions and white-collar clerical and sales positions.
Video examples
Marc Goodman: A vision...
They picked up his identification, and they phoned his name in to the terrorist war room, where the terrorist war room Googled him, and found a picture and called their operatives on the ground and said, "Your hostage, is he heavyset?
Video examples
Michael Nichols:...
throughout there rains they always have been they are still hunted so all of my experiences were with elephants for the next 15 years our elephants that are afraid of it that's the clearing and the operative thing here is this is the
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 226 PIPE...
elephant continued to eat in peace while the pride enjoyed the cool of the marsh grass and shade from the nearby quadrant thickets lions around or here in the Mara triangle excuse me the owner operative Lions it is the
Video examples
A vision of crimes in...
and they phoned his name in to the terrorist war room where the terrorist war room googled him and found a picture and called their operatives on the ground and said your hostage is a heavy
Video examples
The little risks you can...
Apparently. That's the operative word. It looks like it's chance because we rarely see all the levers that come into play to make people lucky.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Evan McMullin
American Public Servant
I was a case officer, otherwise known as an operations officer. My role was to go out and convince Al Qaeda operatives to instead work with us as well as to convince people and officials in foreign governments to work on behalf of the U.S. government secretly.
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Tucker Carlson
American Journalist
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.
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Hans Jonas
German Philosopher
The will to set values and the power to make them law are jointly at the bottom of all operative norms. When linked to divine wisdom, this source of moral law is still in safe hands which man can trust.
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Douglas Feith
American Public Servant
They have involved co-operation between the Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaeda operatives on training and combined operations regarding bomb making and chemical and biological weapons.
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James Carville
American Lawyer
Democratic strategists and operatives should not design a strategy based off today's conditions. They should be setting a strategy for where the trajectory of polling is headed.
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Ari Melber
American Journalist
Political operatives don't tend to be existentialists. They do know, however, that if a supporter doesn't vote, then his or her opinion does not make a sound - or a difference.
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Harvey Cushing
American Scientist
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.
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Jeff Greenfield
American Journalist
In another life, before taking the veil of journalistic purity, I practiced the black arts of a political operative, including 'debate prep.
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Joe Morton
American Actor
Everyone does what they believe they need to do in order to survive in this business, 'survive' being the operative word.
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Laura Loomer
American Activist
Jamal Khashoggi was a Muslim Brotherhood operative, and so I don't really feel sympathy for him.
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Evan McMullin
American Public Servant
I was a case officer, otherwise known as an operations officer. My role was to go out and convince Al Qaeda operatives to instead work with us as well as to convince people and officials in foreign governments to work on behalf of the U.S. government secretly.
Quote examples
Tucker Carlson
American Journalist
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.
Quote examples
Hans Jonas
German Philosopher
The will to set values and the power to make them law are jointly at the bottom of all operative norms. When linked to divine wisdom, this source of moral law is still in safe hands which man can trust.
Quote examples
Douglas Feith
American Public Servant
They have involved co-operation between the Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaeda operatives on training and combined operations regarding bomb making and chemical and biological weapons.
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James Carville
American Lawyer
Democratic strategists and operatives should not design a strategy based off today's conditions. They should be setting a strategy for where the trajectory of polling is headed.
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Ari Melber
American Journalist
Political operatives don't tend to be existentialists. They do know, however, that if a supporter doesn't vote, then his or her opinion does not make a sound - or a difference.
Quote examples
Harvey Cushing
American Scientist
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.
Quote examples
Jeff Greenfield
American Journalist
In another life, before taking the veil of journalistic purity, I practiced the black arts of a political operative, including 'debate prep.
Quote examples
Joe Morton
American Actor
Everyone does what they believe they need to do in order to survive in this business, 'survive' being the operative word.
Quote examples
Laura Loomer
American Activist
Jamal Khashoggi was a Muslim Brotherhood operative, and so I don't really feel sympathy for him.
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