Word: operative
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: o
per
a
tive
Definition: Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.
Morphemes:
Affix: operate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially to take appropriate effect on the human system.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: operātus
Language: la
Decoded: operatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: worked, laboured, toiled
Affix: -ive
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ivus
Language: la
Decoded: -ivus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Adjective suffix.