operational

Examples

• All

• Currently, twenty sector councils are operational in sectors such as software, aviation, automotive repair, and service.

  Academic text (1996)

• The best option for making the project operational quickly was to hire student assistants.

  Academic text (2015)

• Take the boat down to maximum operational depth.

  K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

• Mobile command is fully operational.

  The Rock (1996)

• A system of controls, in place and operational, can help protect a patient's records.

  Academic text (1996)

• How soon will radar be operational?

  Forbidden Planet (1956)

• There are operational spacecraft at the abandoned storage depot.

  Lightyear (2022)

• Russia helped Iran build its reactor at Bushehr, which became operational this year.

  Academic text (2011)

• Waymo is currently operational in San Francisco and LA and Phoenix, but next year it will be in DC.

• The regional office in Mosul is now fully operational at its temporary headquarters.

Synonyms

U

up and running

vsoperational

97 3.7

Working properly after it is started or fixed

is broader, applying to being ready or in use generally

F

functional

vsoperational

81 3.2

Working correctly so it can be used

is about being in use or ready, not only correct performance

U

usable

vsoperational

64 2.3

Fit for a purpose and works well

emphasizes active use or readiness rather than mere suitability

R

running

vsoperational

43 1.0

A machine or system that is working

describes either being in use or being ready to be used

I

in operation

vsoperational

24 3.2

Working now and serving its purpose

is about being in use or ready for use

O

operative

vsoperational

13 4.8

Working and able to produce an effect

covers being usable or ready as well as having effect

I

in-service

vsoperational

12 3.7

A machine used now in regular service, for example a bus

also covers being ready for use, not only regular service use

O

operable

vsoperational

4 4.6

A machine or system that works and can be used

adds that it may already be actively in use or ready

F

functioning

vsoperational

3 3.1

Working as it should and ready to use

includes that correctness but also means being ready or in use

O

operating

vsoperational

3.9

Working or being used now

focuses on being in use or ready for use rather than process role

W

working

vsoperational

1.0

Able to be used and good enough for everyday tasks

adds sense of active use or readiness for systems and machines

U

useable

vsoperational

1.2

Good enough to do its job

relates more to being in use or ready for use as well

Antonyms

O

out of service

15 3.5

Not working or available to use, often for a short time

N

non-operating

4.9

Not working now or not part of the main business activities

Compounds

O

operational casualty

• Specialized

8.8

Damage or loss of military equipment during field operations

O

operational cell

• Literature

8.1

A small secret group that plans and carries out attacks for a terrorist group

O

operational damage

• Specialized

6.6

Harm to military equipment like tanks during fighting or missions, not from accidents

O

operational analysis

• Specialized

7.8

A math method that turns hard equations into simpler algebra problems

O

operational calculus

• Specialized

9.5

A method that turns differential equations into algebra equations to make them easier to solve

How Operational

operational

102 4.1

functional

81 3.2

inoperative

9 5.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology