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Definitions for: Efficient
[adj] able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution"
[adj] being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient engines save gas"
Webster (1913) Definition: Ef*fi"cient, a. [L. efficiens, -entis, p. pr. of
efficere to effect: cf. F. efficient. See Effect, n.]
Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to
be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or
incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity;
as, an efficient officer, power.
The efficient cause is the working cause. --Wilson.
Syn: Effective; effectual; competent; able; capable;
material; potent.
Ef*fi"cient, n.
An efficient cause; a prime mover.
God . . . moveth mere natural agents as an efficient
only. --Hooker.
Synonyms: businesslike, competent, cost-effective, cost-efficient, economic, economical, effective, expeditious, high-octane, prompt, streamlined, timesaving, underspent
Antonyms: inefficient
See Also: effectual, efficacious
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