OPERATIVENESS Synonyms

• power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect

• capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects

• capacity or power to produce a desired effect

• the ratio of the output to the input of any system

• skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort

• capable of serving a purpose well

• performing or able to perform its regular function

• process or manner of functioning or operating

• a dramatic or musical entertainment

• the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment

• the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it

• any recognized accomplishment

• process or manner of functioning or operating

• the power or right to give orders or make decisions

• capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects

• the inherent capacity for coming into being

• the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse

• the quality of being productive or having the power to produce

• (economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time

• a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked

• actively engaged in paid work

• adequate for practical use; especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something

• adopted as a temporary basis for further work

• (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing

• serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity