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effectivity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /əˈfek.tɪv.ə.t̬i/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin effectīvusbor. French effectifder. English effective Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English effectivity From effective + -ity.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The ability or power to be effective.
   • "The extent to which the colonial people are unable to be reasonably aware of their own history and present conditions testifies to the effect and effectivity of colonial stereotype." 2016, Dexu Zhang, “Representational Ethics: The Mimic Men and the Mimic Men”, in Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, volume 57, number 1, →DOI, page 31:
2. (countable) A measure of the effectiveness of something.
3. (countable) [Technical documentation] An indication of the product, procedure, or timescale for which an item of information is applicable or effective.

Forms

Relateds

effector · effective · efficacy · efficacious · effectively · effectuate · effectual · effect · efficient · efficacity · efficiency · effectiveness

Translations (20)

pl skuteczność (a measure of the effectiveness of something) · tr etkinlik (the ability or power to be effective) · pl skuteczność (the ability or power to be effective) · fi vaikuttavuus (a measure of the effectiveness of something) · ro efectivitate (the ability or power to be effective) · fi vaikuttavuus (the ability or power to be effective) · fi teho (a measure of the effectiveness of something) · sv effektivitet (the ability or power to be effective) · cs efektivita (the ability or power to be effective) · pt efetividade (a measure of the effectiveness of something) · pl efektywność (a measure of the effectiveness of something) · ru эффекти́вность (the ability or power to be effective) · pl efektywność (the ability or power to be effective) · cs účinnost (the ability or power to be effective) · de Effektivität (the ability or power to be effective) · tr müessiriyet (the ability or power to be effective) · ru эффекти́вность (a measure of the effectiveness of something) · cs účinnost (a measure of the effectiveness of something) · pt efetividade (the ability or power to be effective) · cs efektivita (a measure of the effectiveness of something)