What is the meaning of Operative?

Effectual or important.

Functional, in working order.

Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects.

Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.

Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations.

An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.

A spy, secret agent, or detective.

A participant in an operation.

inflection of operativ:

  1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
  2. strong nominative/accusative plural
  3. weak nominative all-gender singular
  4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular

strong nominative/accusative plural

weak nominative all-gender singular

weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

feminine plural of operativo

vocative masculine singular of operātīvus

inflection of operativ:

  1. definite singular
  2. plural

definite singular

plural

inflection of operativ:

  1. definite singular
  2. plural

definite singular

plural

definite natural masculine singular of operativ

Source: wiktionary.org