efficient
Making good, thorough, or careful use of resourcesMaking good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
» Tom is quite efficient.
Том доволі ефективний.
Meaning
4 sensesMaking good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
An efficient process would automate all the routine work.
Our cleaners are almost too efficient: they throw away anything left out on a desk.
effizient
эффекти́вныйeffektívnyj
ефекти́внийefektývnyj
Expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input.
The motor is only 20% efficient at that temperature.
Causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent).
Ownership, maintenance, or use of the automobile need not be the direct and efficient cause of the injury sustained
(proscribed)Effective, efficacious
- being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
Examples
160 sentencesTom is quite efficient.
Том доволі ефективний.
You're very efficient.
Ти дуже здібний.
ruТы очень эффективен.
deDu bist sehr tüchtig.
Tom seems efficient.
Том, здається, ефективний.
Tom is very efficient, isn't he?
Tom isn't very efficient, is he?
Translations
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Origin
1398, “making,” from Old French, from Latin efficientem, nominative efficiēns, participle1398, “making,” from Old French, from Latin efficientem, nominative efficiēns, participle of efficere (“work out, accomplish”) (see effect). Meaning “productive, skilled” is from 1787. Efficiency apartment is first recorded 1930, American English.
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Forms
more efficient, most efficient| Comparative | more efficient Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most efficient Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
7 synonyms- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively:effective
Antonyms
3 antonymsWord family
29 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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