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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Post offices will remain operational and mail delivery will continue. — Li Zhou, Vox, "What’s open — and closed — during a partial government shutdown," 21 Dec. 2018 On Thursday, prices of both jumped when Hinman all but declared that Ethereum is not a security: The network on which Bitcoin functions is operational and appears to have been decentralized for some time, perhaps from inception. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, "The SEC's Big Cryptocurrency Speech: 5 Things to Know," 15 June 2018 The new regulator is expected to be operational in 2020 and will be a statutory body that sets high standards of statutory audit, corporate reporting and governance, U.K. Business Secretary Greg Clark said in March. — Nina Trentmann, WSJ, "U.K. Watchdog to Review Conduct, Governance at KPMG Audit Unit," 1 Apr. 2019 For now and some time to come, the twin aims will be to keep improving operational efficiency and avoid disaster. — The Economist, "Make Bank of America great again," 3 May 2018 The Idaho Central Credit Union said its ATMs stopped working Thursday, but were operational Friday. — Sarah Krouse, WSJ, "FCC Probes Nationwide CenturyLink Outage, Cites 911 Service Disruption," 28 Dec. 2018 One project is linked to noise-level concerns some residents have expressed over the past year when the Next Generation Air Transportation System, better known as NextGen, became operational at Hollywood Burbank. — Anthony Clark Carpio, latimes.com, "Hollywood Burbank Airport plays it safe with next fiscal year budget," 20 June 2018 These services are expensive to build, test, and harden in real-world conditions, but once operational, are relatively inexpensive to scale to more games and more users. — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, "Epic opens Fortnite’s cross-platform services for free to other devs," 12 Dec. 2018 At present, 30 of these ventures are operational, and La Cocina’s efforts mirror, in a sense, what Dillon is trying to do at The Wing. — Noor Brara, Vogue, "How The Wing's New San Francisco Outpost Is Showcasing the Bay Area's Diverse Culinary Talent," 9 Oct. 2018

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