effectiveness
nounEtymology
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-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English effectiveness From effective + -ness.
- derived from effectifder
- derived from -īvus Latin effectīvusbor
Definitions
The property of being effective, of achieving results.
- The effectiveness of the drug was well established.
The capacity or potential for achieving results.
- The problem with these precedents is that the Security Council did not authorize intervention in Syria, and an intervention there will thus harm, not help, the Council’s credibility and effectiveness.
The degree to which something achieves results.
- He questioned the effectiveness of the treatment.
- United were having more possession but a sign of the effectiveness of Liverpool's defence was that it took the visitors 76 minutes to force Mignolet into serious action, when he dived to punch away a shot from substitute Nani.
The neighborhood
- neighboreffect
- neighboreffective
- neighboreffectivity
- neighboreffector
- neighboreffectual
- neighboreffectuate
- neighborefficacious
- neighborefficacity
- neighborefficacy
- neighborefficiency
- neighborefficient
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at effectiveness. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at effectiveness. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at effectiveness
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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