Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

operative

UK /ˈɒpəɹətɪv/ · US /ˈɑpəɹətɪv/ adjective, noun

Forms operatives

  1. adjective Effectual or important. “He's usually in a good mood — the operative word there being "usually". Today was a disaster.”
  2. adjective Functional, in working order.
  3. adjective Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects. “an operative motive”
  4. adjective Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious. “an operative dose, rule, or penalty”
  5. adjective Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations. [from 18th c.] “operative surgery”
  6. noun An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
  7. noun A spy, secret agent, or detective.
  8. noun A participant in an operation.

Synonyms

secret agent intelligence officer intelligence agent private detective PI private eye private investigator shamus sherlock surgical running functional working

Antonyms

inoperative

Etymology

From Middle English operative, operatyfe, from Middle French operatif (modern French opératif) or its etymon Latin operātīvus. By surface analysis, operate + -ive.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.
  2. adjective Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious; as, an operative dose, rule, or penalty.
  3. noun A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.

Etymology [Cf.L. operativus, F. opératif.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “operative”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “operative” (best matches first).