effective
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
effective/ɪˈfektɪv/
▶adjective
- 1 producing a desired or intended result.
- 2 (of a law or policy) operative.
- 3 existing in fact, though not formally acknowledged as such.
– derivatives
effectively adverb,
effectiveness noun,
effectivity noun.
effectively adverb,
effectiveness noun,
effectivity noun.
'effective' also found in these Oxford entries:
ace
- antiviral
- barnstorming
- better
- broad-spectrum
- colour temperature
- competence
- cost-effective
- cost-efficient
- deadly
- deploy
- derringer
- devastating
- diaphragm
- dilute
- effective demand
- effective temperature
- effectual
- effete
- efficacious
- emasculate
- energetic
- field
- field-effect transistor
- grip
- hair
- impedance
- impuissant
- infallible
- long-range
- magnetosphere
- morning-after pill
- nifty
- non-starter
- optimize
- own
- painterly
- passenger
- play
- practical
- prepotent
- punchy
- range
- rem
- remainder
- retentive
- rhetoric
- ring fence
- Roland
