Definition of operational
- the operational gap between planning and production
The new airport should be fully operational by next year.
The computer network is now operational.
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active, alive, functional, functioning, going, live, living, on, operating, operative, running, working;
broken, dead, inactive, inoperative, kaput (also kaputt), nonactivated, nonfunctional, nonfunctioning, nonoperating, nonoperational, nonoperative;
ineffective, ineffectual, useless;
inoperable, unusable, unworkable;
arrested, asleep, dormant, fallow, idle, inert, latent, lifeless, nonproductive, quiescent, sleepy, stagnating, unproductive, vegetating;
employable, operable, usable (also useable), viable, workable;
performing, producing, productive, serving, useful, yielding;
astir, bustling, busy, dynamic, flourishing, humming, roaring, thriving;
in commission (or into commission), in force, in gear, on line;
: ready for use : able to be used
: of or relating to the operation of a business or machine
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