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    [Adjective]  | "op*er*a*tive" | \ ˈä-p(ə-)rə-tiv \


    1: producing an appropriate effect : efficacious

    2: most significant or essential

    3: exerting force or influence : operating

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English operatif "active, working," borrowed from Late Latin operātīvus, from operātus, past participle of operārī "to work, be efficacious" + Latin -īvus {see: |-ive|-ive} {mat|operate|operate};

    [Noun]  | "operative" 


    1: operator: such as

    2: artisan, mechanic

    3: a secret agent

    Origin: circa 1810 ;

     Derivative of {see: |operative:1|operative:1};

    [Noun]  | "operative" 


    1: a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country;


      * e.g., " ... CIA operatives take terrible risks to find out the secrets of foreign countries "



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    2: a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons;


      * e.g., " ... set in the 1930s, the novel is about a washed-out operative working for a third-rate detective agency "



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    [Adjective]  | "operative" 


    1: being in effective operation;


      * e.g., " ... the last operative bookbinder of its kind in the business "




    2: producing or capable of producing a desired result;


      * e.g., " ... unfortunately, the operative amount of the medication and the lethal amount were too close for it to be used safely "




     [ "Operating" ]

    1: When your doing something very successful with no struggle what’s so ever.

      * e.g.,  ... I just got a nuke in call of duty I’m operating! 

     [ "operator" ]

    1: Slang term for someone who is a member of a Spec Ops team.

      * e.g.,  ... Bjorn was an operator with the 10th group. 

     [ "Operate" ]

    1: To do something in a calculated, planned, or skillful way. Usually in shooter videogames.

      * e.g.,  ... I’m about to operate on this team, I know exactly where they are. 

     [ "operator" ]

    1: adj. badass, amazing, best-of-the-best, the shit - from the term for a member of a spec ops team, spec ops being the cream of the military crop.

      * e.g.,  ... "I love marshmallows." "Marshmallows are fucking operator, bro." "Fo sho let's get some." 

     [ "the operator" ]

    1: The Operator is the main antagonist from the Marble Hornets series. He is very similar yet different when compared to the Slenderman. It is still a question to whether "The Operator" is just another name for the Slenderman. The Operator is believed to have different abilities than the Slenderman. The Operator is able to wipe people's memories from an extended period of time and can also mess with cameras when he is in their proximity. The Slenderman and The Operator, although very similar, are most likely two seperate states of mind. They may inhabit the same body, but they are two seperate minds.

      * e.g.,  ... "The Operator has appeared to me quite recently." 

     [ "oper" ]

    1: noun - An operator on an IRC network. They are usually in charge of making sure that the network runs smoothly.

      * e.g.,  ... oper up, and relink the services 

     [ "oper" ]

    2: Sometimes given an bad name for either abuse of their power, or negelecting their responsibilities.

      * e.g.,  ... somebody get an oper in here and ban that spammer 

     [ "oper" ]

    3: verb - to obtain oper privileges on an IRC network.

     [ "Operation" ]

    1: A game that had a big, naked white guy with no cash and prizes at all..

      * e.g.,  ... Operation, that game where you can't touch the sides. 

     [ "operator" ]

    1: this guy also says, "main screen turn on."

      * e.g.,  ... Operator: Main screen turn on. 

     [ "operator" ]

    2: also see

     [ "operator" ]

    3: ::mechanic::captain::cats::zig::

     [ "operator" ]

    1: the man in charge, the man who gets things done, more like the main man.

      * e.g.,  ... She's the operator in that team, the whole town knows it 

     [ "operator" ]

    1: The guy who says "we get signal"

      * e.g.,  ... Operator:we get signal 

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