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to become fully functional

secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, operative(noun)

a person secretly employed in espionage for a government

private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock(adj)

someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information

operative(adj)

being in force or having or exerting force

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

surgical, operative(adj)

relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine

"a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry"

operative(adj)

effective; producing a desired effect

"the operative word"

running(a), operative, functional, working(a)(adj)

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

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

being in effective operation

the last operative bookbinder of its kind in the business

producing or capable of producing a desired result

unfortunately, the operative amount of the medication and the lethal amount were too close for it to be used safely

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

CIA operatives take terrible risks to find out the secrets of foreign countries

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

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

Tom is much more cooperative now CK 3151236

An undercover operative infiltrated the organization.

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• operatorio Spanish
• asiamies toimija toimiva vaikuttava Finnish
• opératoire French
• operatorio operativo Italian
• werkzaam Dutch
• operatório Portuguese
• действенный работать рабочий эффективный действовать Russian