effective

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative

more effective

Superlative

most effective

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

effectives

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.

   • The pill is an effective method of birth control.
   • "Capital idea; we'll go together and complain: two will be more effective," suggested Mr. Belting.

2. 2.Producing a decided or decisive effect.

   • The president delivered an effective speech!
   • Whosoever is an effective, real cause of doing his neighbour wrong, is criminal.

3. 3.Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.

   • My effective income after taxes and child support is $500 a month.
   • The effective voltage of an alternating current is 0.7 times its peak voltage.
   • How long does it take to make a bunch of civilians an effective military force?

4. 4.Actually in effect.

   • The curfew is effective at midnight.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.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.

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