Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Being in effect or operation: Describes something that is currently active, functioning, or in force. It indicates that a system, law, service, or process is working or being applied.

Usage

• The adjective "in operation" is used to describe the state of something that is currently active or functioning. It is often used in formal, technical, or business contexts. It typically follows a linking verb like "is," "are," "was," or "were."

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The new security protocol is now in operation. (The new security protocol is now active and being used.)
  • The factory has been in operation for over fifty years. (The factory has been functioning and producing goods for over fifty years.)
  • Is the ferry service in operation during the winter months? (Is the ferry service active and running during the winter months?)

Advanced Usage

• "To come into operation": To begin to be active or effective.
  • The new regulations will come into operation next month. (The new regulations will start to be applied and enforced next month.)
• "To put/bring something into operation": To make something start working or being used.
  • The engineers worked through the night to bring the generator into operation. (The engineers worked to make the generator start functioning.)

Variants and Related Words

• Operational (adj): Functioning or ready for use. Can be a close synonym.
  • The airport is now fully operational.
• Operate (v): To function or to control the functioning of something.
  • She operates the machinery.
• Operation (n): The fact or condition of functioning or being active; also a specific organized activity.
  • The operation of the law is complex.

Synonyms

• Active: In operation or functioning.
• Functioning: Working or operating.
• Effective: In operation; producing the intended result.
• Up and running: Informal phrase meaning operational.

Related Phrases

• In force: Being applied or valid (often for laws or rules).
  • The old contract is still in force.
• In effect: Operating or applicable.
  • The curfew is in effect from 10 PM.

Idioms

• In full operation: Functioning at total or normal capacity.
  • Following the repairs, the plant is back in full operation.

Adjective

1. 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