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operative word

operative word noun: the key word in a sentence.

Noun

operative word (plural operative words)

  1. The key word in a sentence.
    • Planes crash rarely, but for the media the operative word is "crash".

operative word meaning in Tamil

operative word in Tamil

செயற்பாட்டுச் சொல்

Forms of operative word

pluraloperative words

Questions about operative word

What does operative word mean?
Operative word means the key word in a sentence.
What is operative word in Tamil?
Operative word in Tamil is செயற்பாட்டுச் சொல். See Operative word meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is operative word?
Operative word is a noun.
What is the plural of operative word?
The plural of operative word is operative words.

Words near operative word in the dictionary

  1. operatists
  2. operative
  3. operative clause
  4. operative clauses
  5. Operative Masonry
  6. operative word
  7. operative words
  8. operatively
  9. operativeness
  10. operativenesses
  11. operatives

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Adapted from Wiktionary: operative word (page history and authors); operative word (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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