operational

adjective

op·er·a·tion·al | \ ˌä-pə-ˈrā-shnəl

, -shə-nᵊl\

Definition of operational

1 : of or relating to operation or to an operation the operational gap between planning and production

2 : of, relating to, or based on operations

3a : of, engaged in, or connected with execution of military or naval operations in campaign or battle

b : ready for or in condition to undertake a destined function

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Examples of operational in a Sentence

The new airport should be fully operational by next year. The computer network is now operational.

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Sadly, the food court, including Orange Julius, was not operational. — Tim Stack, EW.com, "The Starcourt from Stranger Things 3 is an ACTUAL mall," 4 July 2019 Apple also faces notable operational challenges in a world afflicted by trade conflicts—problems that its design prowess is ill-suited to solve. — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, "Apple’s Shine Goes Only So Far Now," 28 June 2019 Paris hosts the Summer Olympics in 2024, but numerous experts question whether the cathedral can be operational by then. — NBC News, "No sign Notre Dame fire was criminal, Paris prosecutor says," 26 June 2019 The weather station itself was operational for a matter of months before the radio frequency jammed and the batteries died. — Hannah Fry, The New Yorker, "Why Weather Forecasting Keeps Getting Better," 24 June 2019 The crew raised what seemed to be an essential problem: Only one of the three RCBs was currently operational. — Megan Rose, ProPublica, "Trump Keeps Talking About the Last Military Standoff With Iran — Here’s What Really Happened," 24 June 2019 TechCrunch notes what Amazon learned from Spark and another feature called Interesting Finds (which is still operational) are being incorporated into #FoundItOnAmazon, although that feature appears to be focused mainly on home decor. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "Amazon shut down Amazon Spark, its discovery shopping feature," 15 June 2019 The firms behind the effort—which include banks in America, Europe, and Japan—expect the digital currency to be operational by 2020. — The Economist, "Business this week," 8 June 2019 City engineer Phil Gralik said the sanitary sewer should be operational in about a month. — Karen Caffarini, Post-Tribune, "Developer says subdivision construction coming this summer in Hobart," 7 June 2019

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