OPERATIVE

• (noun) someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information

  synonyms : pi , private detective , private eye , private investigator , shamus , sherlock

• (noun) a person secretly employed in espionage for a government

  synonyms : intelligence agent , intelligence officer , secret agent

• (adj.) being in force or having or exerting force

  "operative regulations", "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"

• (adj.) relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine

  "a surgical appendix", "a surgical procedure", "operative dentistry"

  synonyms : surgical

• (adj.) (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing

  "in running (or working) order", "a functional set of brakes"

  synonyms : functional , running , working

• (adj.) effective; producing a desired effect

  "the operative word"

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