operative -
being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
inoperative not working or taking effect; "an inoperative law"
operant having influence or producing an effect; "many emotional determinants at work"; "an operant conscience"
in effect,
in force,
effective,
good existing in fact; not theoretical; real; "a decline in the effective demand"; "confused increased equipment and expenditure with the quantity of effective work done"
operative -
effective; producing a desired effect; "the operative word"
operative -
relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry"
