effective

Meaning of effective

noun

A soldier fit for duty

adjective
  1. Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
    The pill is an effective method of birth control.
  2. Producing a decided or decisive effect.
    The president delivered an effective speech!
  3. Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
    How long does it take to make a bunch of civilians an effective military force?
  4. Actually in effect.
    The curfew is effective at midnight.
  5. (of a cycle or divisor) Having no negative coefficients.
  6. (for any effective theory) approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.

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Hyphenation of effective

ef-fec-tive

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • effective is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

effective synonyms

Meaning effectual:

effectual, efficacious

Meaning efficient:

efficient

Meaning good:

good

Translation of effective

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