LekhoriLekhoriHaving the power to produce a required effect or effects.
The pill is an effective method of birth control.
Producing a decided or decisive effect.
The president delivered an effective speech!
Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
How long does it take to make a bunch of civilians an effective military force?
a soldier fit for duty
The Army of the West reached Corinth sometime after the battle of Shiloh. We were 15,000 effectives, and brought Beauregard's effective force up to 45,000 men.
From French effectif, from Latin effectīvus (“productive; effective”), from efficiō (“I make; I bring about”), equivalent to effect + -ive.
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