Bond, James Bond, is perhaps the most famous fictional operative of our time. Martini drinking, globe trotting, and womanizing aside, let us not forget his primary role as a government secret agent collecting intelligence and bringing down the world's enemies.
Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects;
Noun
someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
Noun
a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
Adjective
being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
Adjective S.
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
Adjective
relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry"
Adjective S.
effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word"
Adjective
of or relating to a surgical operation; "operative surgery"
a.
Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force,
physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an
operative motive.
a.
Producing the appropriate or designed effect;
efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.
a.
Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or
operations; as, operative surgery.
n.
A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a
machine in a mill or manufactory.
Operative
It holds in all operative principles.2.
Operative
Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects;
A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.
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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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