Sekirov Dictionary

effective

/ɪˈfɛktɪv/

adjective 7
noun 1
forms 3

adjective7

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working well and bringing about the result someone needs
- The pill is an effective method of birth control.
•
Producing a decided or decisive effect.
- The president delivered an effective speech!
•
Actually in effect.
- The curfew is effective at midnight.
•
Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
- How long does it take to make a bunch of civilians an effective military force?
- My effective income after taxes and child support is $500 a month.
approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.
Having no negative coefficients.
Such that no group element acts trivially.

noun1

•
a soldier fit for duty
- The Army of the West reached Corinth sometime after the battle of Shiloh. We were 15,000 effectives, and brought Beauregard's effective force up to 45,000 men. — 1876

forms

effectives · more effective · most effective

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