Usually means: Functioning as intended or expected.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word operational:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. operational: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. operational: Merriam-Webster
  3. operational: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. operational: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. operational: Collins English Dictionary
  6. operational: Vocabulary.com
  7. Operational, operational: Wordnik
  8. operational: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. operational: Wiktionary
  10. operational: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. operational: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. operational: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. operational: Dictionary.com
  14. operational: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Operational: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. operational: Rhymezone
  17. operational: FreeDictionary.org
  18. operational: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. operational: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Operational: Miniature Wargaming Glossary
  2. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. operational: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. operational: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. operational: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Of or relating to operations, especially military operations.
▸ adjective:  Functioning and ready for use.
▸ adjective:  Effective or operative.
▸ adjective:  Determined by means of practical measures.

Similar:
operating, functional, operative, active, effective, usable, operable, useable, serviceable, fighting, more...

Opposite:
nonfunctional, inactive, unusable, ineffective, broken

Types:
functional, usable, working, serviceable, viable, more...

Phrases:
operational research, operational definition, operational definitions, Operational amplifier, operational control, more...

Adjectives:
formal, pre, non, concrete, secret, functional, installed, general, date, some, fail

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Similar:
operating, functional, operative, active, effective, usable, operable, useable, serviceable, fighting, more...

Opposite:
nonfunctional, inactive, unusable, ineffective, broken

Types:
functional, usable, working, serviceable, viable, more...

Phrases:
operational research, operational definition, operational definitions, Operational amplifier, operational control, operational level, Operational efficiency, operational requirements, operational amplifiers, more...

Adjectives:
formal, pre, non, concrete, secret, functional, installed, general, date, some, fail

Colors:
    gray,     blue,     green,     black,     white, more...



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