Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an operative manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an operative manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
operative manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a manner to produce an effect
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Examples
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The Lung Transplant Center is comprised of a multi-disciplinary team who evaluates children with end-stage lung disease, determines if they are candidates for lung transplantation, and provides care preoperatively, peri-operatively, and following transplantation.
Pulmonary Medicine 2010
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We all need to respond co-operatively to police questioning.
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Much-needed medical support and emergency teams are making their way into Haiti, but the conditions that aid groups are up against when they arrive are no less than primitive, facing a sea of rubble nearly impossible to navigate and no access to basic anesthesia, nowhere to put patients post-operatively.
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Refreshed by hot chocolate and buñuelos from the small co-operatively run café next to the handicrafts store, we walk a few yards along the road to visit the lovingly restored nineteenth century mansion that houses the El Triunfo music museum.
Part one - La Paz and El Triunfo: from beaches and baskets to mines, music and marine park 2008
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For women with a thicker layer of fat below the skin, a second layer of suturing can help prevent the wound from opening post-operatively.
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But aren't some things better done collectively and co-operatively?
Penny counting is a waste of schools' time Mike Baker 2010
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For women with a thicker layer of fat below the skin, a second layer of suturing can help prevent the wound from opening post-operatively.
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Most businesses, even when they are not co-operatives, can benefit by acting more co-operatively.
Co-operatives offer template for David Cameron's big society 2010
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Refreshed by hot chocolate and buñuelos from the small co-operatively run café next to the handicrafts store, we walk a few yards along the road to visit the lovingly restored nineteenth century mansion that houses the El Triunfo music museum.
Part one - La Paz and El Triunfo: from beaches and baskets to mines, music and marine park 2008
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The exception to this general rule is for those farms who've joined together to co-operatively process and distribute their products, thus they have sufficient volume to work with major supermarket chains (examples of such companies are Niman Ranch and Organic Valley).
Nicolette Hahn Niman: Avoiding Factory Farm Foods: An Eater's Guide 2009
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