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Meanings of operative in English
Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information.
Portuguese
espião Catalan
agent operatiu A person secretly employed in espionage for a government.
Synonyms
Examples for "secret agent"
Examples for "secret agent"
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There was sincerity in the voice and eyes of the secret agent.
2
You are here as the secret agent of the King of Navarre.
3
I began to think of myself as a sort of secret agent.
4
Ruth got in, was followed by the secret agent, and they started.
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Before the secret agent knew it, both he and Smith were covered.
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The intelligence officer told me that this was the only existing copy.
2
He was known as a technocrat, not an intelligence officer by training.
3
With a wave of his hand, Al-Majnoun sent the intelligence officer away.
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What could have required the intelligence officer to personally visit Geary's stateroom?
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He pointed to a gray linoleum-topped desk in the intelligence officer's room.
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Is he considered reliable, according to your sources, as an intelligence agent?
2
Daughter of a prominent right-wing Zionist, she is a former intelligence agent.
3
Next to him was the infamous intelligence agent and torturer, Father Farrell.
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But a good intelligence agent gets as much information as he can.
5
Cuba is also releasing a U.S. intelligence agent held for nearly 20 years.
Being in force or having or exerting force.
Related terms
Relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine.
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Usage of operative in English
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I need to let the tower know which flight plan is operative.
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She's a good choice to work with the CIA operative. He backtracked.
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Introduction: Controversy exists concerning the importance of operative time on patient outcomes.
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Only a few studies are available on long-term results after operative treatment.
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The concomitant procedures incurred an additional mean operative time of 61 minutes.
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The groups were well matched with respect to age and operative time.
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However, previously reported chronic AARFs have usually been treated with operative reductions.
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A logistic risk equation developed from this population accurately modeled operative mortality.
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Pre-operative diagnosis is at times difficult and operative intervention can prove challenging.
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Is this mechanism of natural selection operative in our nature as well?
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Additional uses relate to surgical training, multimodal information display, and operative rehearsals.
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Venous thromboembolism is a common post-operative complication in patients following hip surgery.
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One patient had previously undergone an operative procedure at an outside institution.
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Interventions: The operative records and techniques were investigated in all treated patients.
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Post-operative care will also have to be provided for the young patients.
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Darren Bolding, a tech veteran-turned political operative, became its chief technology officer.
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United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common