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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌɛf.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɛf.əˈkeɪ.ʃəs/ [General-American], /ˌef.əˈkæɪ.ʃəs/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-efficacious.wav Forms: more efficacious [comparative], most efficacious [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: From Old French efficacieux, from Latin efficāx (“efficacious”) + -ous, from efficere (“to effect, to accomplish”); see effect. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|efficacieux}} Old French efficacieux, {{der|en|la|efficāx||efficacious}} Latin efficāx (“efficacious”), {{suffix|en||-ous}} + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} efficacious (comparative more efficacious, superlative most efficacious)
  1. (formal) Effective; possessing efficacy. Tags: formal Synonyms: effective Derived forms: efficaciously, efficaciousness, nonefficacious, subefficacious, unefficacious Related terms: effect, effective, effectivity, effectual, efficacity, efficacy, efficiency, efficient Translations (effective — see also effective): ἐνεργητικός (energētikós) (Ancient Greek), ἀνύσιμος (anúsimos) (Ancient Greek), lêng [Hokkien] (Chinese), 有效 (yǒuxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 管用 (guǎnyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 奏效 (zòuxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 靈驗 (Chinese Mandarin), 灵验 (língyàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 藥效好 (note: of medicine) (Chinese Mandarin), 药效好 (yàoxiào hǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 療效好 (note: of therapy or treatment) (Chinese Mandarin), 疗效好 (liáoxiào hǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), effectief (Dutch), efficiënt (Dutch), tehokas (Finnish), efficace [feminine, masculine] (French), wirksam (German), efikiva (Ido), éifeachtúil (Irish), efficax (Latin), effektfull (Norwegian Bokmål), де́йственный (déjstvennyj) (Russian), эффекти́вный (effektívnyj) (Russian), efectivo (Spanish), eficaz (Spanish), presentáneo [masculine] (Spanish), effektiv (Swedish), verksam (Swedish), нәтиҗәле (näticäle) (Tatar)
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      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
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    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "靈驗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "língyàn",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "灵验"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "of medicine",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "藥效好"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yàoxiào hǎo",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "药效好"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "of therapy or treatment",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "療效好"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liáoxiào hǎo",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "疗效好"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "effectief"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "efficiënt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "tehokas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "efficace"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "wirksam"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "energētikós",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "ἐνεργητικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "anúsimos",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "ἀνύσιμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "efikiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "éifeachtúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "efficax"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "effektfull"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "déjstvennyj",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "де́йственный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "effektívnyj",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "эффекти́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "efectivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "eficaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "presentáneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "effektiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "verksam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "näticäle",
      "sense": "effective — see also effective",
      "word": "нәтиҗәле"
    }
  ],
  "word": "efficacious"
}

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