Complete Definition of "effective"

English

Pronunciation
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Adjective
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  1. Having the power to produce an effect or effects;
  2. producing a decided or decisive effect;
  3. efficient, serviceable, or operative;

#*as an effective force, remedy, speech;

  1. actually in effect

#* The curfew is effective at midnight.

Translations
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trans-top|having the power to produce an effect or effects
Dutch: efficiënt
French: efficace
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German: wirksam
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trans-top|producing a decided or decisive effect
French: efficace
German: wirksam
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trans-top|efficient, serviceable, or operative
German: effektiv, wirkungsvoll
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trans-top|actually in effect
French: en vigueur
German: wirksam, in Kraft
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ttbc|Portuguese: t-|pt|efectivo
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