If your email outlining a plan to reduce office paper waste resulted in a 20 percent reduction in paper use, that means your plan was effective: it did what you wanted it to do.
Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative;
Adjective S.
existing in fact; not theoretical; real; "a decline in the effective demand"; "confused increased equipment and expenditure with the quantity of effective work done"
Adjective S.
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
Adjective S.
exerting force or influence; "the law is effective immediately"; "a warranty good for two years"; "the law is already in effect (or in force)"
Adjective
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 towar
Adjective S.
works well as a means or remedy; "an effective reprimand"; "a lotion that is effective in cases of prickly heat"
Adjective S.
equipped and ready for service; "the fort was held by about 100 effective soldiers"
a.
Having the power to produce an effect or effects;
producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable;
operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in
a regiment.
n.
That which produces a given effect; a cause.
n.
One who is capable of active service.
n.
Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; --
a term used in many parts of Europe.
Effective
They are not effective of anything, nor leave no work behind them.
Whosoever is an effective, real cause of doing his heighbor wrong, is criminal.
Effective
He assembled his army -- 20,000 effectives -- at Corinth.3.
Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative;
That which produces a given effect; a cause.
Usage Examples
Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.
Brands must empower their community to be change agents in their own right. To that end, they need to take on a mentoring role. This means the brand provides the tools, techniques and strategies for their customers to become more effective marketers in achieving their own goals.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.
Effective use of Braille is as important to the blind as independent mobility, knowledge in the use of adaptive technology, and the core belief that equality, opportunity and security are truly possible for all people who are blind.
Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people.
Effective health care depends on self-care this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery.
As a single-payer advocate, I believe that at the end of the day, if a state goes forward and passed an effective single-payer program, it will demonstrate that you can provide quality health care to every man, woman and child in a more cost-effective way.
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Other Usage ExamplesA good actor is someone who knows how to take the part and make it real and make it honest and be effective in it. If it's in a funny movie and, as long as they are cast in an appropriate way, humor will come from it.
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked leadership is defined by results not attributes.
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.
Drones can be a highly effective way of dealing with high-priority targets, but they should not become the drug of choice for an administration that is afraid to use successful, legal and safe tactics of the past.
As for the promotion of peace congresses we have had our meetings and assemblies, but the promotion through them of the determined and effective will to peace displaying itself in action and policy remains to be achieved.
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.
A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.
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