effective

English

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Adjective

effective (comparative more effective, superlative most effective)

1. Having the power to produce an effect or effects.
2. Producing a decided or decisive effect.
3. Efficient, serviceable, or operative.
   • as an effective force, remedy, speech;
4. Actually in effect.
   • The curfew is effective at midnight.

Related terms

• effect
• effectivity
• effectual
• efficacious
• efficacity
• efficacy
• efficiency
• efficient

Translations

having the power to produce an effect or effects

Arabic: فعال (ar) (fa``aal) Bulgarian: ефективен (bg) Croatian: učinkovit (hr) m. Dutch: efficiënt (nl), werkzaam (nl) French: efficace (fr)

German: wirksam (de) Hungarian: hatásos (hu), hatékony (hu) Norwegian: virkningsfull (no) Romanian: efectiv (ro) m., eficient (ro) m., efectent (ro) m. Scottish Gaelic: èifeachdach (gd)

producing a decided or decisive effect

Bulgarian: резултатен (bg) French: efficace (fr) German: wirksam (de) Greek: αποτελεσματικός (el)

Hungarian: eredményes (hu), célravezető (hu) Romanian: eficace (ro) m. and f. Scottish Gaelic: èifeachdach (gd)

efficient, serviceable, or operative

Bulgarian: ефикасен (bg) French: efficace (fr) m. and f. German: effektiv, wirkungsvoll

Romanian: plin de efect (ro), eficace (ro) m. and f. Scottish Gaelic: èifeachdach (gd) Tagalog: mapakipakinabang (tl)

actually in effect

Bulgarian: действителен (bg) French: en vigueur (fr)

German: wirksam (de), in Kraft (de)

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Portuguese: efectivo (pt)

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Latin

Adjective

effectīve

1. vocative masculine singular of effectīvus