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effectiveness

  • /ɪˈfɛk.tɪv.nɪs/
  • /əˈfɛk.tɪv.nəs/

noun effectivenesses

  1. countable, uncountable The property of being effective, of achieving results. The effectiveness of the drug was well established.
  2. countable, uncountable 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.
  3. countable, uncountable The degree to which something achieves results. He questioned the effectiveness of the treatment.

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Closest in meaning: effectuality, effectualness, potency, strength, efficacy, efficacious, effectively, usefulness, productivity, expediency, capability, functioning, utility, efficiently, use, practicality

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noun property

Españolefectividad
中文有效性 yǒuxiàoxìng
Portuguêseficiência
Françaisefficacité
DeutschWirksamkeit, Effektivität, Wirkungsfähigkeit
Italianoefficacia
Ελληνικάαποτελεσματικότητα apotelesmatikótita
Românăeficacitate, eficiență
Русскийэффекти́вность effektívnostʹ, результати́вность rezulʹtatívnostʹ

noun capacity or potential

Españoleficacia
DeutschDurchsetzungsfähigkeit, Durchsetzungsvermögen

noun degree

中文成效 chéngxiào, 效力 xiàolì
DeutschWirksamkeit, Wirkungsgrad
Italianoefficacia
Русскийэффекти́вность effektívnostʹ, результати́вность rezulʹtatívnostʹ

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@misc{effectiveness_2026,
  title = {effectiveness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/effectiveness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}