About The Word Efficient
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Efficient
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What's The Definition Of Efficient?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Efficient: businesslike | competent | cost-effective | cost-efficient | economic | economical | effective | expeditious | high-octane | prompt | streamlined | timesaving | underspent Related Terms | Find terms related to Efficient: 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 See Also | effectual | efficacious Efficient In Webster's Dictionary \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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