Hyphenation of operative

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word operative? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

op-er-a-tive

Definitions of operative:

1.	A person secretly employed in espionage for a government
2.	Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
3.	Being in force or having or exerting force Operative regulations The major tendencies operative in the American political system
4.	Relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine A surgical appendix A surgical procedure Operative dentistry
5.	Effective Producing a desired effect The operative word
6.	(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing In running (or working) order A functional set of brakes

Synonyms of operative:

adj	operative, at work, operant, effective, good, in effect, in force, operational, in operation, operating, working
adj	medical procedure
adj	surgical, preoperative, postoperative
adj	key, significant, important
adj	running, functional, working, functioning
noun	secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, agent
noun	private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, shamus, sherlock, detective

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.