efficient
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See also efficiënt
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Etymology [edit]
1398, "making," from Latin efficientem (nominative efficiens), preposition of efficere "work out, accomplish" (see effect). Meaning "productive, skilled" is from 1787. Efficiency apartment is first recorded 1930, American English. [1]
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efficient (comparative more efficient, superlative most efficient)
- Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
- An efficient process would automate all the routine work.
- Our cleaners are almost too efficient: they throw away anything left out on a desk.
- Using a particular proportion of available energy.
- The motor is only 20% efficient at that temperature.
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making good use of resources
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using a particular proportion of available energy
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Verb [edit]
efficient
- third-person plural future active indicative of efficiō
