Usage of "operative word"

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Uso de operative word em inglês

Press is the operative word, because there were obviously no electronic media yet. 
 Wired 

Score another one for the Lind mind, Goddard thought; public was the operative word. 
 And the deep blue sea 

Or course, the operative word in his letter is the word "gross". 
 The Irish Times 

Quantity is the operative word, because we are reading bilge. 
 The Irish Times 

For most of them, practicing was the operative word. 
 Empty mile 

Elsewhere, he thought, was the operative word; anywhere would surely be a better place than here. 
 Raising Steam 

Yet the Bears seem - operative word: seem -to have a lot going for them. 
 Chicago sun times 

Time is the operative word in that sentence. 
 Ebony 

For much of the proceedings, "show" is the operative word. 
 The Guardian 

Let's rethink some of them and have fun." And "fun" was the operative word. 
 Reuters 

Hope is, of course, the operative word. 
 The South African 

But Reynolds is quietly (that's the operative word here) determined that nobody forget his origins. 
 The Irish Times 

The operative word in that sentence is clearly "should". 
 News.com.au 

Clean was the operative word here, apparently. 
 Past malice: an emma fielding mystery 

That seems to be the operative word. 
 Family ties 

Tony is such an exquisite boy, but boy is the operative word, and Pamela needs a man. 
 I’m With the Band 

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Operative word ao longo do tempo

Operative word nas variantes da língua

Irlanda

Comum

Estados Unidos da América

Comum

Reino Unido

Raro

Significados de operative word em inglês