Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 19 compound words that contain operative. The most common are listed below. Open operative in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- co-operativeAlternative spelling of cooperative: Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
- Co-operative Republic of GuyanaOfficial name of Guyana: a country in South America.
- post-operativeAlternative spelling of postoperative: Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.
- Co-operative Commonwealth FederationA Canadian democratic socialist political party active between 1932 and 1961 which served as the predecessor of the New Democratic Party.
- operative wordThe key word in a sentence.
- operative clauseA clause (of a judgment, order, resolution, etc.) which requires anything to be done or not to be done.
- operative wordsplural of operative word: The key word in a sentence.
- pre-operativeAlternative form of preoperative: Prior to surgery.
- retro-operativeretrospective in effect.
- operative clausesplural of operative clause: A clause (of a judgment, order, resolution, etc.) which requires anything to be done or not to be done.
- intra-operativeAlternative form of intraoperative: Happening during a surgical operation.
- peri-operativeAlternative form of perioperative: Relating to the period around an operation, including immediate preoperative preparation and postoperative recovery.
- unco-operativeAlternative spelling of uncooperative: Not cooperative.
- Operative MasonryPractical masonry, i.e. construction with stone and other materials, understood as a coherent and ancient system contrasted with Speculative Masonry or Freemasonry.
Compound words 19
- postoperativelyIn a postoperative context; after surgery.
- disoperativeHostile and antagonistic toward any form of cooperation or social cohesion; characterized by disoperation.
- transoperativeThroughout operations
- interoperativeDuring a surgical operation.
- microoperativeRelating to, or implemented by means of microoperations
- operativityoperativeness
- peroperativeDuring an operation
- reoperativeRelating to reoperation.
- unoperativeObsolete form of inoperative: Not working or functioning; either idle or broken.
- postoperativeOf, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.