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Definitions: Effective |
EffectiveAdjective1. Producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law". 2. Able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution". 3. Works well as a means or remedy; "an effective reprimand"; "a lotion that is effective in cases of prickly heat". 4. Exerting force or influence; "the law is effective immediately"; "a warranty good for two years"; "the law is already in effect (or in force)". 5. Existing in fact; not theoretical; real; "a decline in the effective demand"; "confused increased equipment and expenditure with the quantity of effective work done". 6. (military) equipped and ready for service; "the fort was held by about 100 effective soldiers". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "effective" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| EFFECT | English | Environmental forecasting for the effective control of traffic | Computing, Environment |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: EffectiveSynonyms: effectual (adj), efficacious (adj), efficient (adj), good (adj), in effect(p) (adj), in force(p) (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: ineffective (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Influence | Adjective: influential, effective; important; weighty; prevailing; Verb: prevalent, rife, rampant, dominant, regnant, predominant, in the ascendant, hegemonical. |
Power | Adjective: powerful, puissant; potential; capable, able; equal to, up to; cogent, valid; efficient, productive; effective, effectual, efficacious, adequate, competent; multipotent, plenipotent, omnipotent; almighty. |
Success | Adjective: succeeding; Verb: successful; prosperous; triumphant; flushed with success, crowned with success; victorious, on top; set up; in the ascendant; unbeaten; (see beat; Verb:); well-spent; felicitous, effective, in full swing. |
Utility | Adequate; efficient, efficacious; effective, effectual; expedient. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The conservatives are effective. They do things. (The Last Supper; writing credit: Dan Rosen) Because, basically, we talked it over, Chastity and myself, and we came to the conclusion that civilization is nothing more than an effective sewage system. (The Rutles; writing credit: Eric Idle) These nets are very effective and very well constructed. (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze; writing credit: Kevin Eastman; Peter Laird) But effective. (Enter the Dragon; writing credit: Michael Allin) Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. (Home Movies; writing credit: Tony Cacioppo; Drew Cummings) | |
Clever | The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. (references; author: Mark Twain) Successful teachers are effective in spite of the psychological theories they suffer under. (references; author: Educational Proverb) Sleeping on the job: This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people! (references; author: unknown) | |
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 | Leo Otis Colbert with Dorsey Fathometer No. 3 The first effective shallow and deep water echosounder Operator watched flashing light On the ship OCEANOGRAPHER.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Large cup structures were used to find crevasses but were not too effective. Minnesota Camp to Byrd Station Traverse.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Rock riprap is an effective method of streambank protection.Credit: Mark Addy. |  | "An effective technique to pulling scotch broom roots".Credit: Saundra Miles. |
 | Use of a uniform terminology helps to make the study of data on cancer ... more efficient ... more effective. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by T. Farkas.. | | Use of a uniform terminology helps to make the study of data on cancer ... more efficient ... more effective. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by T. Farkas.. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Aristotle | It is this simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences. |
Educational Proverb | Successful teachers are effective in spite of the psychological theories they suffer under. |
George Washington | To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. |
Homer | A companion's words of persuasion are effective. |
Horace Mann | Teaching isn't one-tenth as effective as training. |
James Russell Lowell | I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife. |
Matthew Arnold | Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things. |
Sidney J. Harris | Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice. |
Ulysses S. Grant | I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent enforcement. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The total effective strength of officers, including the personnel of staffs, whatever their composition, must not exceed four thousand. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | This Agreement is more effective than many of those which have often been made under formal alliances. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
United Nations | 1948 | Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law. (reference) |
Miranda v. Arizona | 1966 | None of the defendants was given a full and effective warning of his rights at the outset of the interrogation process. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Science, after long experiment, now knows that the most fertilising and the most effective of manures is that of man. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Both approaches have been effective. (references) | |
Define points of effective intervention. (references) | ||
It is not as effective as triple therapy. (references) | ||
Business | Radio promotion is also an effective way to reach farmers. (references) | |
Highly effective advertising media in the U.K. are bus and taxi sides. (references) | ||
Japan enjoys an effective sales tradition and good reputation in China. (references) | ||
Children | Bangladesh | These incentives have been effective in increasing the number of girls in school. (references) |
Taiwan | The court includes 24 juvenile counselors, and is believed to have been effective in dealing with juvenile criminal cases. (references) | |
Bulgaria | Some complained that the effective segregation of disabled children into special schools has lowered the quality of their education. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Cyprus | The "suspension" soon became an effective Turkish Cypriot ban on bicommunal contacts on Cyprus. (references) |
Peru | Other broadcasters and some legislators expressed concern over the effective silencing of an opposition news outlet. (references) | |
Guatemala | MINUGUA concluded that the high cost of the public auction system was an effective barrier to rural indigenous access to radio frequencies. (references) | |
Discrimination | Fiji | A compact included in the Constitution specifically provides for affirmative action and "social justice" programs to secure effective equality of access to opportunities, amenities, and services for ethnic Fijians and Rotumans and for all disadvantaged citizens and groups. (references) |
Economic History | Philippines | A local agent is also an effective marketing tool. (references) |
Slovak Rep | A bankruptcy law exists but has not been effective. (references) | |
Human Rights | San Marino | Violations are subject to effective legal sanction. (references) |
Pakistan | However, the department is not viewed as effective by human rights observers. (references) | |
Chad | Residents of rural areas often lack effective access to formal judicial institutions. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Indonesia | Since 1999 NGO's have been more vocal and effective in lobbying for indigenous people's rights. (references) |
Indonesia | This effort was effective in convincing the Parliamentary Special Committee to use the Papuan draft as the basis for the final law. (references) | |
Brazil | Women were reluctant to have children because of the high level of poverty in the community, and campaign workers allegedly convinced them that sterilization was the only effective form of birth control. (references) | |
Minorities | Slovak Republic | The Roma police patrols continued to be active and effective. (references) |
Liberia | Body parts of a member whom the group believes to be powerful are believed to be the most effective ritually. (references) | |
Japan | When the basic legislation to provide funding for Burakumin programs expired in 1997, the Government enacted legislation effective for 5 years that retains 15 of the original 45 programs for Buraku communities. (references) | |
Political Economy | COLOMBIA | The new code became effective in July 2001. (references) |
THAILAND | Obstacles to effective enforcement are numerous. (references) | |
Uzbekistan | There is effective civilian control over the military. (references) | |
Political Rights | Belarus | The regime-appointed CEC took no effective action. (references) |
Ghana | Parliament still was working to develop effective oversight of the workings of the executive branch. (references) | |
Belarus | However, due to complete lack of transparency at the lowest precinct level, the conditions for an effective parallel vote tabulation were not met. (references) | |
Trade | Vietnam | The amended law, effective on 1 January 1999, contains more than 6,400 tariff lines. (references) |
Ukraine | All imported food products effective January 1, 1997 should carry labels in the Ukrainian language. (references) | |
Venezuela | The old banking law, which became effective in 1994, opened the banking sector to foreign investment. (references) | |
Travel | Cote D'ivoire | Mefloquine (Lariam) weekly or doxycycline daily is the most effective. (references) |
Colombia | Where appropriate, small samples help make preliminary meetings more effective. (references) | |
Spain | Initial communication by phone or fax is far less effective than a personal meeting. (references) | |
Women | Kazakhstan | A women's crisis center in Almaty stated that the Almaty police are very effective when there is a complaint. (references) |
Malaysia | Women's rights activists claimed that a law on sexual harassment would be more effective than a code of practice. (references) | |
Congo | There were a number of active and effective women's groups in both the government-controlled and rebel-controlled areas of the country. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Generally effective mechanisms exist for resolving complaints. (references) |
United Kingdom | The NGO Kayalaan is effective in assisting trafficking victims. (references) | |
Poland | However, penalties are minimal and are not an effective deterrent. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FROG, n. A reptile with edible legs. The first mention of frogs in profane literature is in Homer's narrative of the war between them and the mice. Skeptical persons have doubted Homer's authorship of the work, but the learned, ingenious and industrious Dr. Schliemann has set the question forever at rest by uncovering the bones of the slain frogs. One of the forms of moral suasion by which Pharaoh was besought to favor the Israelities was a plague of frogs, but Pharaoh, who liked them fricasees, remarked, with truly oriental stoicism, that he could stand it as long as the frogs and the Jews could; so the programme was changed. The frog is a diligent songster, having a good voice but no ear. The libretto of his favorite opera, as written by Aristophanes, is brief, simple and effective -- "brekekex-koax"; the music is apparently by that eminent composer, Richard Wagner. Horses have a frog in each hoof -- a thoughtful provision of nature, enabling them to shine in a hurdle race. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Mitch Daniels | Let's see what direction the debate takes. We did not believe those were relatively as effective as the proposals in the package, which passed one body and got within a couple yards of the goal line in the Senate, in fact had the votes to pass. |
Nancy Pelosi | I think that it has been a practice of the Republicans to try to undermine any Democratic spokespersons who is effective. And Tom Daschle is effective. So what they want to do is discredit him in the public view, I mean, I think that that is clear. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Yet they contained much valuable information, and may by some supplementary provision of the law be rendered more effective. |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | I am confident that such an approach to the subject will result in prudent and effective remedial legislation. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | When the country has bestowed its confidence upon a party by making it a majority in the Congress, it has a right to expect such unity of action as will make the party majority an effective instrument of government. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Production is the only fully effective answer. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Ninth, we must strengthen our Atlantic and Pacific partnerships, maintain our alliances and make the United Nations a more effective instrument for national independence and international order. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | To be effective, this punishment must be swift and it must be certain. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Now we must make the good programs more effective and improve or weed out those which are wasteful or unnecessary. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Together, we have created an effective federal strike force to combat waste and fraud in the government. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | America needs a strong and effective UN. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Effective" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Effective" is used about 9,940 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 9,940 | 945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Effective Management Systems, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "effective": be effective ♦ become effective ♦ brake mean effective pressure ♦ effective adjacent channel rejection ♦ effective call ♦ effective computable ♦ effective coverage ♦ effective decoration ♦ effective Earth's radius ♦ effective focal length ♦ effective half life ♦ effective horizontal wetted area ♦ effective inflow ♦ effective input flow ♦ effective isotropically radiated power ♦ effective margin ♦ effective measure ♦ effective measures ♦ effective number of bits ♦ effective perceived noise level ♦ effective pitch ♦ effective pressure ♦ effective radiated power ♦ effective radius of the Earth ♦ effective reefed inlet area ♦ effective Reynolds number ♦ effective threshold of audibility in noise ♦ effective time ♦ effective treatment ♦ effective troops ♦ make more effective ♦ maximum effective range ♦ percentage of effective to booked calls ♦ spatially effective activity ♦ wage effective war against. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "effective": combat-effective, cost-effective, counter-effective, labour-effective, net-effective, non-effective, overly-effective, super-effective, tax-effective, ultra-effective. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
effective communication | 344 |
effective meeting | 207 |
effective communication skill | 173 |
effective team communication skill | 80 |
effective | 68 |
effective school | 59 |
effective listening | 56 |
effective leadership | 53 |
effective teaching | 50 |
effective presentation | 49 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "effective"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ushtarak (martial, military, serviceman, soldier, soldierlike, soldierly), real (absolute, actual, concrete, flesh and blood, hard, historic, historical, objective, real, realistic, substantial, true, veritable), në veprim (in action), në shërbim aktiv, në fuqi (operative), me efekt (effectively, efficiently), i vërtetë (actual, authentic, bona fide, downright, faithful, flesh and blood, genuine, objective, perfect, positive, practical, proper, pucka, real, right, substantial, true, truthful, uncoined, unfailing, unfeigned, veracious, veritable, virtual), i efektshëm (effectual, efficacious, efficient, forceful, potent, streamlined), i dobishëm (beneficent, beneficial, good, handy, helpful, instrumental, pay, profitable, salutary, serviceable, subservient, useful, wholesome). (various references) | |
Arabic | فعلي (active, actual, de facto, effectual, factual, intrinsic, intrinsical, practical, verbal), فعال (active, businesslike, dynamic, effectual, efficacious, efficient, energetic, forceful, forcible, functional, living, operative, potent, reliable, trenchant, valid, virtuous), مؤثر (acting, affective, altruist, effectual, efficacious, emotional, influential, moving, operative, poignant, stirring, touching), نافذ المفعول (in effect, operative), ناجح (coming, felicitous, infallible, prosperous, succeeded, successful), حقيقي (actual, authentic, essential, factual, genuine, intrinsic, intrinsical, positive, proper, real, realistic, right, substantial, substantive, tangible, true, veritable, very), تذكرة صالحة, رائع (admirable, bonny, brag, brave, conspicuous, dazzling, ducks, ducky, elegant, emphatic, entrancing, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, felicitous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, heavenly, in apple-pie order, irresistible, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, mighty, miraculous, noteworthy, out of this world, outstanding, palmy, picturesque, portentous, precious, prestigious, rattling, recherche, remarkable, ripening, ripping, sensational, showy, sightly, signal, singular, smash, smashing, solid, some, spanking, sparkling, splendid, stunning, stupendous, super, superb, swell, terrific, topping, tremendous, uncommon, wonder, wonderful, wondrous). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | годен за военна служба, наличност (availability, presence, stock, supply), ефектен (glamorous, glamourous, showy, spectacular, swanky), ефективен (operative), ефектив (effectives, force, strength), ефикасен (active, effectual, efficacious, efficient, helpful, operative, potent, sovereign), използваем (operable, practicable, usable, workable), действуващ (active, alive, operable, operating, operative), действен (operative), действителен (actual, concrete, factual, objective, operative, real, sound, true, valid, virtual). (various references) | |
Chinese | 有效 (in effect, valid). (various references) | |
Czech | efektní, efektivní (efficacious, efficient), skuteèný (actual, existent, existing, genuine, great, historical, intrinsic, intrinsical, practical, real, true, very, virtual), pùsobivý (appealing, catchy, compelling, forceful, forcible, imposing, impressive, operative, potential, reactive, telling, workable), faktický (effectively, factual), úèinný (active, effectual, efficacious, efficient, operative, practical, telling). (various references) | |
Danish | effektiv. (various references) | |
Dutch | effectief (actual, effectual, efficacious, real), doeltreffend (effectual, efficacious), afdoend (conclusive, decisive, effectual, efficacious). (various references) | |
Esperanto | efika (effectual, efficacious). (various references) | |
Faeroese | virka (act, be effective, function, have effect, operate, run, take action, work). (various references) | |
Farsi | موثر (Drastic, Efficacious, Impressive, Live, Operative, Pathetic, Pithy, Pivotal, Sensational, Valid, Weighty), کاری (Active, Drastic, Energetic), کارگر (Employee, Labor, Laborer, Operative, Proletarian, Worker, Workingman, Workman, Workpeople), عامل موثر. (various references) | |
Finnish | vaikuttava (impressive), tehokas (efficient. impressive). (various references) | |
French | efficace (effectual, efficacious, efficient), effectif. (various references) | |
Frisian | beskiedend (decisive, effectual, efficacious), ôfdwaande (decisive, effectual, efficacious). (various references) | |
German | wirkungsvoll (effecient, effectively, efficient, efficiently, forceful, telling), wirksam (effectively, effectual, effectually, efficacious, operative, potent, powerful), effektiv (actual, effectively, in real terms, real). (various references) | |
Greek | ισχύων (current, prevalent, valid), μάχιμοσ (combatant), ενεργόσ (active, operative), αποτελεσματικόσ (effectual, efficacious, efficient, telling). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ממשי (actual, concrete, live, material, palpable, real, substantial, substantive, tangible, veritable), מרשים (grandiose, impressive, stately, striking), יעיל (effectual, efficacious, efficient), אפקטיבי. (various references) | |
Hungarian | tényleges (actual, concrete, factual, operative, positive, practical, real, regular, substantive, virtual), hatékony (active, effectual, efficacious, efficient, have a lot on the ball, wholesome), hatásos (effectual, imposing, impressive, operative, potent, telling). (various references) | |
Indonesian | efektif, tepat (accurate, apposite, appropriate, apropos, aptly, convenient, exact, exactly, opportune, precise, prompt, right), mempan (sensitive, vulnerable), ampuh (endowed with magical power, potent). (various references) | |
Italian | efficace (effectual, efficacious, efficient, operative, sound, strong), effettivo (active, actual, factual, real, strength, substantial). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "斐が有る (fruitful, worth, worthwhile), 効果的 (successful), エネルギー問題 (apron, apron stage, effect, effector, effects, energy, energy problems, ephedrine, epic, epicurean, epigone, epigram, epigraph, epilogue, episode, episteme, epitaph, epitaxy, Epson, evaluation, evaluator, evangelist, evaporated milk, event, ever, ever onward, Everest, Everglaze, evergreen, Everpleats, Everwhite, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FM, FM tuner, foam rubber, frequency modulation, Jehovah, rapier, special version of a product with features that allow it to be used for evaluation, tags attached to industrial equipment when defects or malfunctions are discovered), 利き (efficacy, work). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きき (brilliance, crisis, damage, demolishing, destroying, disliking, displeasure, dreadful, effectiveness, efficacy, ghastly, machinery and tools, offense, the Kojiki and Nihonshoki, work), かいがある (fruitful, worth, worthwhile), "うかてき (successful), エフェクティブ . (various references) | |
Korean | 효과 (Effectiveness). (various references) | |
Norwegian | effektiv (efficient), virksom. (various references) | |
Papiamen | adekuado (adequate, conforming, effectual, efficacious, fitting, of use, suitable), adekuá (effectual, efficacious, of use, suitable). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | effectiveay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | eficaz (effectual, efficacious, efficiencies, efficient, incisive, live, operative, powerhouse, telling, virtual). (various references) | |
Romanian | eficace (acting, active, effectual, efficacious, efficient, energetic, operative, safe), efective, efectiv (actual, actually, real, really, strength, substantial, virtually), real (actual, effectual, factual, live, natural, proper, real, sheer, sooth, substantial, tangible, true, truthful, very), izbitor (arresting, conspicuous, salient, singular, staring, striking), folositor (advantageous, beneficial, expedient, gainful, helpful, instrumental, of use, profitable, purposeful, salutary, serviceable, sound, subservient, suitable, useful, wholesome), de efect, apt (able, able bodied, capable). (various references) | |
Russian | эффектный (glamor, glamorous, glamour, glamourous, showy, spectacular, viewy), эффективный (effectual, efficacious, efficient), годный к службе, годный (fit, good, suitable, suited), боец (combatant, fighter, warrior), полезный (adjuvant, advantageous, available, beneficial, healthy, helpful, instructive, practicable, practical, profitable, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome), имеющий хождение (passable), деятельный (abuzz, active, live, on the jump, stirring), действующий (acting, active, agent, going, in gear, live, operable, operational, operative, working), действительный (actual, factual, objective, operative, real, valid, virtual). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | efikasan (businesslike, efficacious, efficient, operative, rough and ready), efektivan (telling), vojno sposoban, delotvoran (beneficial). (various references) | |
Spanish | eficaz (effectual, efficacious, efficient, operative, potent, telling), terminante (blunt, effectual, efficacious, forthright, round, strict). (various references) | |
Swedish | effektiv (effectual, efficacious, efficient, forcible, operative). (various references) | |
Thai | ไ"้ผล"ี. (various references) | |
Turkish | etkin (active, ascendant, ascendent, effectual, forceful, hard core, operative, prepotent, real), etkili (commanding, effectual, efficacious, efficient, forceful, forcible, hefty, influential, moving, operative, penetrating, penetrative, poignant, potent, powerful, sovereign, swinging, telling, trenchant), etkileyici (affecting, affective, charismatic, devastating, dramatic, effectively, enchanting, expressive, fascinating, forceful, handsome, imposing, impressive, intense, speaking, touchy, winged), etken (active, agent, determinant, dominant, factor, ingredient), efektif (valuta), yürürlükte olan (in effect, operative), verimli (abundant, bonanza, copious, efficient, exuberant, fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, generous, grateful, high speed, loamy, pregnant, procreant, procreative, producing, productive, prolific, rank, rich, yielding), tesirli (efficacious, influential, telling), geçerli (acceptable, admissible, available, current, effectual, eligible, far out, in force, in use, operative, passable, prevailing, received, regnant, ruling, sound, valid, viable). (various references) | |
Turkmen | netijeli (successful). (various references) | |
Ukranian | успішний (big time, prosperous, successful, useful), корисний (adjuvant, advantageous, available, beneficial, conducive, gainful, helpful, of avail, practicable, profitable, rewarding, serviceable, useful, valuable, wholesome), ефектний (chic, dramatic, glamorous, glamourous, showy, spectacular, telling), ефективний (active, effectual, efficacious, efficient), діючий (acting, active, alive, effectual, efficacious, going, operable, operating, operative, working). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thật sự (actual, regular, serious, strict), có kết quả có tác động, có kết quả có hiệu lực (effectively). (various references) | |
Welsh | effeithiol (effectual, efficient). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | drastikos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | efficacia, efficax, efficens, validus. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | verezyanguhahe. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "effective": effectively, effectiveness, effectivenesses, effectives. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "effective": ineffective, noneffective, supereffective. (additional references) | |
Words containing "effective": ineffectively, ineffectiveness, ineffectivenesses, noneffectives. (additional references) | |
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"Effective" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eefective, effectivey, effectivus, effectuve, effektiv. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "effective" (pronounced ufe"ktiv or ē"fektiv) |
| 7 | u f e" k t i v | affective, defective, ineffective. |
| 6 | -f e" k t i v | infective. |
| 5 | -e" k t i v | collective, connective, corrective, detective, directive, elective, introspective, invective, irrespective, objective, perspective, projective, prospective, protective, reflective, respective, retrospective, selective, subjective. |
| 4 | -k t i v | active, addictive, adjective, attractive, conductive, constructive, counterproductive, destructive, distinctive, hyperactive, inactive, injunctive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, nonproductive, obstructive, octave, overactive, photoconductive, predictive, proactive, productive, radioactive, reactive, reconstructive, refractive, reproductive, restrictive, retroactive, seductive, superconductive, unattractive, unproductive, vindictive. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, adaptive, additive, administrative, adoptive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, congestive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corruptive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distributive, duplicative, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inattentive, incentive, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, inventive, investigative, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, plaintive, positive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, probative, prognosticative, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, receptive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, restive, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, substantive, suggestive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vituperative. |
| 4 | -k t i v | active, addictive, adjective, affective, attractive, collective, conductive, connective, constructive, corrective, counterproductive, defective, destructive, detective, directive, distinctive, elective, hyperactive, inactive, ineffective, infective, injunctive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, introspective, invective, irrespective, nonproductive, objective, obstructive, octave, overactive, perspective, photoconductive, predictive, proactive, productive, projective, prospective, protective, radioactive, reactive, reconstructive, reflective, refractive, reproductive, respective, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, seductive, selective, subjective, superconductive, unattractive, unproductive, vindictive. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, adaptive, additive, administrative, adoptive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, authoritative, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, congestive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, cooperative, corruptive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, dissipative, distributive, duplicative, elucidative, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inattentive, incentive, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, inventive, investigative, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, plaintive, positive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, probative, prognosticative, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, receptive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, restive, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, substantive, suggestive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vituperative. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-f-f-i-t-v" | |
-2 letters: evictee. | |
-3 letters: effect, effete. | |
-4 letters: civet, evict, evite. | |
-5 letters: cete, cite, etic, feet, fete, fice, fief, fife, five, teff, tiff, vice. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-f-f-i-t-v" | |
+1 letter: effectives. | |
+2 letters: effectively, ineffective. | |
+3 letters: noneffective. | |
+4 letters: effectiveness, effectivities, ineffectively, noneffectives. | |
+5 letters: supereffective. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 66 66 65 63 74 69 76 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). ..-. ..-. . -.-. - .. ...- . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01100110 01100110 01100101 01100011 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E f f e c t i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0066 0066 0065 0063 0074 0069 0076 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)397272716986758871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Orthography | 25. Bibliography |
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