Meaning of EFFICIENT
| Pronunciation: | | i'fishunt
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient engines save gas"
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| | Synonyms: | | businesslike, competent, cost-effective, cost-efficient, economic, economical, effective, expeditious, high-octane, prompt, streamlined, timesaving, underspent |
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| | Antonyms: | | inefficient | | |
| | See Also: | | effectual, efficacious | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ef*fi"cient\, a. [L. efficiens, -entis, p. pr. of
efficere to effect: cf. F. efficient. See {Effect}, n.]
Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to
be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or
incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity;
as, an efficient officer, power.
The efficient cause is the working cause. --Wilson.
Syn: Effective; effectual; competent; able; capable;
material; potent.
\Ef*fi"cient\, n.
An efficient cause; a prime mover.
God . . . moveth mere natural agents as an efficient
only. --Hooker.
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| | Related Terms: | | able, active, adequate, au fait, banausic, capable, competent, economic, effective, effectual, efficacious, equal to, feasible, fit, fitted, fitted for, functional, go, journeyman, operable, operational, operative, practicable, practical, pragmatic, productive, proficient, qualified, realizable, suited, thrifty, unwasteful, up to, up to snuff, well-fitted, well-qualified, well-suited, workable, worthy |
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