operative
/ˈɒp(ə)rətɪv/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈɒp(ə)rətɪv/
operative
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- Final e often stays silent
o - pe - ra - tive -> operative
Myanmar meaning
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operative /'ɒpǝrǝtÇv; US -reÇt- / adj (fml )
အသက်ဝင် [သော]။ အလုပ်လုပ် [သော]၊ အကျိုးသက်ရောက်သော [သော]။ This law becomes operative on 12 May. ❍ The station will be operative again in January.
n (fml ) ကာယလုပ်သား။ factory operatives.
❏ the operative word [IDM ]
သော့ချက် စကားလုံး။ The boss is hopping mad about it— ‘mad’ being the operative word.
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- operative /'ɒpǝrǝtÇv; US -reÇt- / adj ( fml ) အသက်ဝင် [သော]။ အလုပ်လုပ် [သော]၊ အကျိုးသက်ရောက်သော [သော]။ This law becomes operative on 12 May.
- The station will be operative again in January. n ( fml ) ကာယလုပ်သား။ factory operatives. ❏ the operative word [IDM] သော့ချက် စကားလုံး။ The boss is hopping mad about it— ‘mad’ being the operative word.
Synonyms
functioning, working, effective, operational, active, running, accessible, alive, crucial, current, dynamic, efficient, employable, functional, functioning; influential, hand, important, in effect, in force, in operation, indicative, key, live, machinist, open, operator, practicable, relevant, serviceable, significant, standing, technician, usable, workable, worker
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