operative
ഓപ്പറേറ്റീവ്
definition
noun
The lay people, it should be added, are most likely to be the technical operatives in the seed industry in the USA.
a worker, especially a skilled one in a manufacturing industry.
adjective
the transmitter is operative
functioning; having effect.
they had wounds needing operative treatment
of or relating to surgery.
example
Just to remind our viewers, the potential crime here is that it's against the law to knowingly leak the identity of an undercover CIA or intelligence 'operative' .
With the year on year increase in rates of 'operative' delivery it is important to evaluate the impact of obstetric interventions on future reproductive outcome and subsequent mode of delivery.
An explosive story: the investigation into the leak of an undercover CIA 'operative' 's identity.
Rates of 'operative' mortality and major complications with these procedures are low.
The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine cites elective 'operative' mortality rates of five per cent, which means 95 per cent of patients survive and go on to lead a normal life.
He worked as a computer 'operative' at a local mail order company setting up websites but police say he had been applying for jobs elsewhere and had good results.
Someone in the White House deliberately exposed a CIA 'operative' for political gain, pure and simple.
The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into how a CIA 'operative' 's name was made public.
Patient selection is crucial, as the 'operative' morbidity and mortality may be unacceptable in patients with limited cardiopulmonary reserve.
However the 'operative' word in my last sentence was ‘when’!
It kicked off operations early last year, and was largely 'operative' by fall - although schools, reemboldened in a chorus of complaint, have reported serious glitches in the system.
The fact that there is no foreseeable or realistic prospect of deportation doesn't mean that the statutory purpose of detention pending such deportation isn't still 'operative' .
The patient had an excellent clinical result after the first surgery and requested 'operative' repair of this rupture.
If there are any patrons out there who want to shed some charitable contributions in IR's direction we can guarantee some crazy return on investment: Crazy being the 'operative' word.
But the 'operative' words are ‘almost everything’.
Well, the 'operative' word there, Miles, is waiting.
All tracheotomies were 'operative' tracheotomies, and no percutaneous dilatational tracheostomies were performed.
While this type of effect may be 'operative' , we note that the magnitude of the correlations between satisfaction and other perceptions varies dramatically.
However, the medical therapy is generally not very effective and should be reserved for patients unwilling to undergo dilation or surgery or poor 'operative' candidates.
For some major types of surgery, 'operative' mortality is an important measure of performance.
I got on a train with my wife and after a few moments realized that I was the odd man out - ‘man’ being the 'operative' word.
The 'operative' technique used for angioplasty in these patients is now obsolete.
I was going to be prepared too… was being the 'operative' word!
I'm thinking of something like Earl Shorris's Clemente Program, which was wildly successful, but I'm not sure if it's still 'operative' .
This was probably just an old 1980s shell of the sort used against the Kurds and Iranians, and nothing suggests many of these remain or are still 'operative' .
A depressed Agent Jay is now a senior 'operative' in the eponymous secret government bureau.
In 1954 the claimant, then 21 years of age, began to work for the first defendant as a machine 'operative' .
Still, the crowding-out effect is 'operative' as the new money ‘printed’ by the government is competing for resources with old money saved by the public.
Fractures with even small amounts of displacement are prone to nonunion, and 'operative' treatment is recommended.
See if that ‘big grin’ is 'operative' in a courtroom.
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