US /ˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃə.nəl/ UK /ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃə.nəl/
adj Freq #9471

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Working and ready to be used.

    The new factory will be fully operational by next month.

  2. 2
    adj

    Relating to the everyday running or operations of an organization.

    The merger created several operational difficulties at first.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · working and ready to be used. in operationoperatingusable
Word family
Derived forms inoperationalintraoperationalnon-operationalnonoperationaloperationaliseoperationalismoperationalistoperationalisticoperationalityoperationalizeoperationallyoplan

Etymology

From operation + -al.

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