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operational English

Meaning operational meaning

What does operational mean?
Definitions in simple English

operational

If something is operational, it works and is ready to be used. If something is operational, it is effective.

operational

pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result operational difficulties they assumed their operational positions (= functional, usable, useable) fit or ready for use or service 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 (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations (= in operation, operating) being in effect or operation 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

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Simple sentences

The plane is now operational.
The new computerised recording system experienced a number of teething problems before it was fully operational.

Movie subtitles

Where there's blank number of operational planes and blank number of available pilots.
Operational Command Staff, proceed to shelter 306!
Together with Sergeant Craig and me, you will constitute the operational team.
Nothing. Let's look at those operational plans.
The rest were operational routine.
Sir? How soon will radar be operational?
Get the ship operational.
Until I get it, this squadron remains non-operational.
Inform Group and Fighter Command - 242 Squadron fully operational.
Operational priority dispatch coming in, sir.
We'll put all operational planes into the air. give 'em the biggest umbrella we can.
You know, standing orders are to get yourself and your plane back if it's operational.
Lieutenant Redley, Royal Navy, assigned to Grayfish, for operational experience of new sonar equipment.
Commander Adams, this is an operational office.
Quickly, please! Operational Command Staff, proceed to shelter 306!
Just standard operational procedure.
How soon will radar be operational?
Phase two off standby, operational.
Phase two operational.
The order you heard me give to make phase two operational was an order to fire those missiles the moment that bird is spotted anywhere!
The way she flies that F-86, the Soviets must have an equivalent type. She sure is fully operational with it.
Even though you have risen three of the Earth dead, the plan is far from successful, and you Eros, must prove it an operational success before more time, energy, and ships, may be spent on it.
M station not yet operational, sir.
They're not operational?
We will now both open our operational orders.
Effective until then, Lieutenant Hanson is in operational command.
Those planes were not operational and should have stayed that way.
She sure is fully operational with it.
Levers operational.
Effective until then, Lieutenant Hanson is in operational command. - Sir?
But it's going to take organization and an operational plan of battle.
Grant, Colonel Reid, operational commander.
Phasers operational, captain.
Section operational ready.
All weapons at operational ready.
Are all circuits operational?
Confirm Palmer fully operational.

News and current affairs

From now on, sustainable development must not be a mere slogan, but rather an operational approach to global governance and well-being on a strained and crowded planet.
Therefore, projects need to be operational at the latest by 2007.
Or, for a start, the existing railroad link between the two countries could be made operational.
To this day, it has dropped the ball on very straightforward operational issues in Iraq, such as funding democracy promotion efforts.
This is the kind of operational intelligence that is best done at the national level.
I was recently asked by journalists whether inter-agency cooperation is sufficient and whether European mechanisms for sharing operational intelligence should be created.
Furthermore, the European Border Agency will become operational in 2005.
Even if it does work, it will be ten to fifteen years, possibly longer, before NMD is operational.
But Neves wants de facto, rather than formal, operational autonomy for the BCB.
But it currently lacks the resources to match the WHO's will-power, the urgency of the problems, and the operational capabilities of the organization.
The new American operational commander in Iraq, Lt. General Raymond Odierno, says that the new efforts will be more evenhanded among Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods, and American troops will stay alongside Iraqi troops in areas that have been cleared.
Transfer of power to a EU body has generally been accompanied by a clear operational definition of the policy goals.
It can fruitfully be extended to internal security, where it is possible to define a precise mission for EU policymakers, exploiting the Commission and designing appropriate technical guidelines to achieve clearly defined operational goals.
These operational measures have been complemented by carefully calibrated policies that aim to acknowledge social diversity but reduce the political space available for intolerance and bigotry.
It later turned out that the ECB was not that hard after all, though it emphasized that it would stop intervening as soon as the new EFSF became operational.
After all, T3 was designed by a Briton, and has incorporated the most recent architectural and operational trends, styles, and standards in the world.
Meanwhile, eight new railway lines, covering 200 kilometers and with a daily capacity of close to four million people, have become operational this year, alongside 60 kilometers of bus lines.
The SCO has no integrated military-political structure, and no permanent operational headquarters.
The US went into Afghanistan in October 2001 to oust the Taliban regime, which had provided Bin Laden and Al Qaeda with a sanctuary and operational base.
In 2008, Mexico's government decided to attack the drug cartels' operational nerve centers.

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