operating

adjective

In action or full operation: active, alive, functioning, going, operative, running, working. See action/inaction, awareness/unawareness.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Being in effect or working; Effecting or accomplishing; Conducting (as business).

Golden rule principles are just as necessary for operating a business profitably as are trucks, typewriters, or twine. — J.C. Penny

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: involved in a kind of operation
  Participle of verb: operate (meaning #2)

Meaning #2: being in effect or operation
  Synonyms: operational, in operation

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