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efficient

[ ih-fish-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort; having and using requisite knowledge, skill, and industry; competent; capable:

    a reliable, efficient assistant.

    Synonyms: effectual

  2. satisfactory and economical to use:

    Our new air conditioner is more efficient than our old one.

  3. producing an effect, as a cause; causative.
  4. utilizing a particular commodity or product with the least waste of resources or effort (usually used in combination):

    a fuel-efficient engine.



efficient

/ ɪˈfɪʃənt /

adjective

  1. functioning or producing effectively and with the least waste of effort; competent
  2. philosophy producing a direct effect; causative
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • efˈficiently, adverb
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Other Words From

  • ef·fi·cient·ly adverb
  • non·ef·fi·cient adjective
  • qua·si-ef·fi·cient adjective
  • su·per·ef·fi·cient adjective
  • un·ef·fi·cient adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of efficient1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin efficient- (stem of efficiēns ), equivalent to ef- ef- + fic-, combining form of facere “to make, do 1 ” + -ent- -ent
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Word History and Origins

Origin of efficient1

C14: from Latin efficiēns effecting
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Example Sentences

Integrates into tools like HubSpot and Salesforce to make post-event followups more efficient.

Despite our reliance on electronic storage, we still need efficient and secure cabinets to store our important personal papers.

Not because it competes with Snowflake, but because it's utilizing a new online bidding process that's designed to find the most efficient IPO price.

From Axios

Under the most efficient GOP gerrymander, there are likely 13 safe Republican seats, with the Democrats packed into one Pittsburgh seat and four in and around Philadelphia.

From Vox

This will likely take some work and is certainly not the most efficient way to do business for Google, but it is arguably the best way to do business.

Build evidence about the practices, policies, and programs that will achieve the most effective and efficient results.

As more people come online, the most basic tasks—such as going out to the market to sell produce—will become more efficient.

The now-efficient process “once took a month by former means and now actually takes a day,” says Dr. Khan.

“Running is just that much more efficient in expending more calories in a shorter amount of time,” Williams says.

Bureaucratic inertia is, by long tradition, the most efficient dispatcher of scandals.

But the system was unsatisfactory, led to jealousies, weakened discipline, and was not conducive to efficient working.

Speaking generally, the Dominion railways are highly efficient and serve their purpose well.

The disciples of Somers maintained that, if it was right to have an army at all, it must be right to have an efficient army.

If by chance the detritus accumulates rapidly, the slope is steepened and the work of the torrent made more efficient.

Their labors were so faithful and efficient, that a vote of thanks was tendered them by the Committee.

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What are other ways to say efficient?

A person or a thing that is efficient performs or functions in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort. But efficient isn’t quite the same as effectual, efficacious, or effective! Find out why on Thesaurus.com

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