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/əˈfektiv/
adjective
  1. successful in producing a desired or intended result.
    "effective solutions to environmental problems"
    synonyms: successful, effectual, efficacious, productive, constructive, fruitful, functional, potent, powerful, worthwhile, helpful, of help, of assistance, beneficial, advantageous, valuable, useful, of use, convincing, compelling, strong, forceful, forcible, weighty, plausible, sound, valid, well founded, telling, impressive, persuasive, irresistible, credible, influential, conclusive, unanswerable, authoritative, logical, reasoned, reasonable, well reasoned, rational, lucid, coherent, cogent, eloquent, clear, articulate
  2. fulfilling a specified function in fact, though not formally acknowledged as such.
    "the region did not come under effective Dutch control until 1904"
    synonyms: virtual, practical, essential, operative, actual, implied, implicit, unacknowledged, tacit

noun
a soldier fit and available for service.
"when the battles broke out, he had a total of 920 effectives"

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EFFECTIVE meaning: 1. successful or achieving the results that you want: 2. (used about a treatment or drug) working…. Learn more.
adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.
adjective · insignificant · groundless · unpersuasive · irrelevant · uncompelling · inconsequential · immaterial · weak · feeble. See More.
producing the result that is wanted or intended; producing a successful result. Aspirin is a simple but highly effective treatment.
On this page you'll find 145 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to effective, such as: active, adequate, compelling, competent, direct, and efficient.
Simply stated, effective means achieving an effect, and efficient means getting a task or job done it with little waste. To illustrate: suppose, you build 10 ...
effective in American English · 1. having an effect; producing a result · 2. producing a definite or desired result; efficient · 3. in effect; operative; active.
/ɛˈfɛktɪv/ · adjective. producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect · adjective. works well as a means or remedy.
EFFECTIVE meaning: 1 : producing a result that is wanted having an intended effect; 2 : in use active.