adj.
1.being in force or having or exerting force
2.of or relating to a surgical operation
3.relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
4.effective
5.(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing operative n.
1.a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
2.someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
Idiom of the Day
lend (something) to (something)
to make something important, to make something believable
The new research lends significance to the new theory.
