effective

English

/ɪˈfɛktɪv/, /əˈfɛktɪv/

adj
Definitions
  • Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
  • Producing a decided or decisive effect.
  • Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
  • Actually in effect.
  • (geometry) Having no negative coefficients.
  • (physics) approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.

Etymology

Derived from French effectif derived from Latin effectīvus (productive, effective) root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰeh₁-

Gloss

put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

哺

Emoji

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