effective
Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
Example
“The pill is an effective method of birth control.”
Other meanings
Producing a decided or decisive effect.
“The president delivered an effective speech!”
Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
“How long does it take to make a bunch of civilians an effective military force?”
Related words
- effective altruist
- effective accelerationism
- effective accelerationist
- brake mean effective pressure
- bioeffective
- coeffective
- effectivate
- effectively
- effectiveness
- effectivization
- effectivize
- Effie
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "effectīvus" (productive; effective).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “effective” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.