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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result; "operational difficulties"; "they assumed their operational positions"
2: fit or ready for use or service; "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in working order" [syn: functional, usable, useable, operable, operational]
3: (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations [ant: inactive, nonoperational]
4: being in effect or operation; "de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations"- Leslie Marmon Silko; "bus service is in operation during the emergency"; "the company had several operating divisions" [syn: operational, in operation, operating]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: circa 1909 1. of or relating to operation or to an operation <the operational gap between planning and production> 2. of, relating to, or based on operations 3. a. of, engaged in, or connected with execution of military or naval operations in campaign or battle b. ready for or in condition to undertake a destined function • operationally adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 a of or used for operations. b engaged or involved in operations. 2 able or ready to function. Phrases and idioms: operational research the application of scientific principles to business management, providing a quantitative basis for complex decisions. Derivatives: operationally adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. A machine or piece of equipment that is operational is in use or is ready for use. The whole system will be fully operational by December 1995. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ 2. Operational factors or problems relate to the working of a system, device, or plan. The nuclear industry was required to prove that every operational and safety aspect had been fully researched. ADJ: usu ADJ n • operationally The device had been used operationally some months previously. ADV: ADV adj, ADV after v

Moby Thesaurus

acting, active, agential, agentival, agentive, at work, behavioral, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, functional, functioning, go, going, going on, in exercise, in force, in hand, in operation, in play, in practice, in process, in the works, inaction, managerial, manipulational, on foot, on the fire, ongoing, operating, operative, performing, practical, practicing, running, serving, working