Efficient

  • 11efficient — efficient, ente (è fi si an, an t ) adj. Terme de philosophie scolastique. Cause efficiente, cause qui produit effectivement son effet, une chose. Le soleil est la cause efficiente de la chaleur. •   Aristote admettait comme Platon les causes… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 12efficient — EFFICIENT, ENTE. adj. Qui preduit certain effet. Il n est en usage qu au féminin, et en cette seule phrase du style didactique. Cause efficiente. Le Soleil est la cause efficiente de la chaleur …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • 13efficient — *effective, effectual, efficacious Analogous words: competent, qualified, *able, capable: expert, skillful, skilled, *proficient, adept, masterly Antonyms: inefficient …

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  • 14efficient — [adj] adept, effective able, accomplished, active, adapted, adequate, apt, businesslike, capable, clever, competent, conducive, decisive, deft, dynamic, economic, economical, effectual, efficacious, energetic, equal to, experienced, expert,… …

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  • 15efficient — Efficient, Les causes efficientes, Efficientes causae …

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  • 16efficient — Efficient, [effici]ente. adj. Qui produit un effet. Il n est en usage qu au feminin, & en cette seule phrase. Cause efficiente, Le soleil est la cause efficiente des metaux …

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  • 17efficient — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ working productively with minimum wasted effort or expense. DERIVATIVES efficiently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin efficere accomplish …

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  • 18efficient — 01. She is an extremely [efficient] worker, probably the best in this company. 02. In order to improve [efficiency], we will order a new machine. 03. With today s [efficient] household appliances, people have more time to sit around doing nothing …

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  • 19efficient — ef|fi|cient [ ı fıʃnt ] adjective *** something that is efficient works well and produces good results by using the available time, money, supplies, etc. in the most effective way: The new machine is far more efficient than the old one. efficient …

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  • 20efficient */*/*/ — UK [ɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt] / US adjective a) something that is efficient works well and produces good results by using the available time, money, supplies etc in the most effective way The new machine is far more efficient than the old one. efficient… …

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