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eficaz — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • effective adj Producing the intended result; actually working.
  • efficacious adj Effective; possessing efficacy.
  • efficient adj Achieving maximum results with minimum wasted time, effort, or resources.

Senses

eficaz is used for these senses in English:

  • effective Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
  • efficacious (formal) Effective; possessing efficacy. [from 1520s]
  • efficient Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
  • efficient Causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent).

effective — full definition

  1. adj Producing the intended result; actually working.
  2. adj Officially in force or operation as of a stated time.

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