adjective
- Pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result.
- usage: "operational difficulties"; "they assumed their operational positions"
- Fit or ready for use or service.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: functional, usable, useable, operable
- Military) of or intended for or involved in military operations. (
- Being in effect or operation.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: in operation, operating
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