| operative | someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information |
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| operative | a person secretly employed in espionage for a government |
| operative | being in force or having or exerting force |
| operative | (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing |
| operative | relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine |
| operative | effective |
| operative | of or relating to a surgical operation |
| operative | the area that is open during surgery |
| operative | by means of an operative |