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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

生效的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shēngxiào de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Operative/ˈɒp.ər.ə.tɪv/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"该协议自今天起正式生效。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    In operation or functioning; having operational validity or effect.

    "The new safety regulations become operative starting next month."
As noun
  1. 1

    A worker, especially one skilled in manufacturing; or a secret agent or intelligence operative.

    "The intelligence agency sent an operative to monitor the situation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin word operativus, stemming from the Latin verb operari meaning 'to work'. Entering the English language in the late 15th century, it initially meant having the power of producing an effect, later evolving to describe things related to practical work or surgical operations, and eventually designating a secret agent or worker.

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