HOW TO PRONOUNCE
effective
/ɪˈfɛktɪv/
Press play to hear how to pronounce effective.
American Pronunciation Guide · 0:31
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
What does effective mean?
adjective
- Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
- Producing a decided or decisive effect.
- Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
More meanings (5)
adjective
- Actually in effect.
- Having no negative coefficients.
- Such that no group element acts trivially.
- approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.
noun
- a soldier fit for duty
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/ɪˈfɛktɪv/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
When expressed with some amount of reflectiveness it seems co-ordinate with a belief that this flattery must be reasonable to be effective.
I am not sure that my embarrassment was not the most effective part of my speech, if speech it could be called.
More book examples (3)
Persons who would not confess were tied up and put to a sort of torture which was effective in securing new revelations.
Fortunately for Maximilian, he detected the conspiracy in time enough to anticipate and prevent it by the most rapid and effective measures.
A moving object, particularly when its oscillations are irregular and incalculable, is an extremely difficult object at which to take effective aim.