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operativeness

operativeness noun: the state or quality of being operative.

Noun

operativeness (countable and uncountable, plural operativenesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being operative.
  2. (countable) The result or product of being operative.

Forms of operativeness

pluraloperativenesses

Origin of operativeness

From operative + -ness.

Questions about operativeness

What does operativeness mean?
Operativeness means the state or quality of being operative.
What part of speech is operativeness?
Operativeness is a noun.
What is the plural of operativeness?
The plural of operativeness is operativenesses.

Words near operativeness in the dictionary

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

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