noun
Meaning 1
The ability or power to be effective.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
effectivity
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /əˈfek.tɪv.ə.t̬i/
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noun
Meaning 2
A measure of the effectiveness of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 3
[Technical documentation] An indication of the product, procedure, or timescale for which an item of information is applicable or effective.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 4
power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: effectiveness, effectualness, effectuality
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: power, powerfulness
Narrower terms: incisiveness, trenchancy, efficacy, efficaciousness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dhh1kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin effectīvusbor. French effectifder. English effective Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English effectivity From effective + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: účinnost — the ability or power to be effective
- Czech: efektivita — the ability or power to be effective
- Finnish: vaikuttavuus — the ability or power to be effective
- German: Effektivität — the ability or power to be effective
- Polish: skuteczność — the ability or power to be effective
- Polish: efektywność — the ability or power to be effective
- Portuguese: efetividade — the ability or power to be effective
- Romanian: efectivitate — the ability or power to be effective
- Russian: эффекти́вность (effektívnostʹ) — the ability or power to be effective
- Swedish: effektivitet — the ability or power to be effective
- Turkish: etkinlik — the ability or power to be effective
- Turkish: müessiriyet — the ability or power to be effective
- Czech: účinnost — a measure of the effectiveness of something
- Czech: efektivita — a measure of the effectiveness of something
- Finnish: vaikuttavuus — a measure of the effectiveness of something
- Finnish: teho — a measure of the effectiveness of something
- Polish: efektywność — a measure of the effectiveness of something
- Polish: skuteczność — a measure of the effectiveness of something
- Portuguese: efetividade — a measure of the effectiveness of something
- Russian: эффекти́вность (effektívnostʹ) — a measure of the effectiveness of something