eng: operative

Information
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Meaning
means	(noun) a person secretly employed in espionage for a government secret agent, operative, intelligence officer, intelligence agent
means	(noun) someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information operative, shamus, private eye, PI, sherlock, private investigator, private detective
means	(adjective) being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system" operative
means	(adjective) relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry" surgical, operative
means	(adjective) effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word" operative
means	(adjective) (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes" working, running, operative, functional