operational.

1. Ready, able or currently functioning for its intended use.

2. Concerned with the practical activities or running of an organization or process.

3. Defined or expressed through specified observable procedures or measures.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• fully operational
• operational system

On the page

The system was operational before the optional reporting features were installed.

The equipment remained fully operational after the scheduled inspection.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Comparative more operational; superlative most operational where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: definition, institutional analysis, scope assessment, comparison. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, conceptual explanation. Commonness: moderately common.