Dictionary Definition
efficient adj
1 being effective without wasting time or effort
or expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient engines
save gas" [ant: inefficient]
2 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" [syn: effective]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Etymology
1398, "making," from Latin efficientem (nominative efficiens), preposition of efficere "work out, accomplish" (see effect). Meaning "productive, skilled" is from 1787. Efficiency apartment is first recorded 1930, American English.Adjective
Antonyms
Translations
making good use of resources
- Chinese:
- Dutch: efficiënt
- Finnish: tehokas
- French: efficace
- German: effizient
- Hungarian:gazdaságos, hatékony
- Icelandic: skilvirkur, nýtinn
- Italian: efficiente
using a particular proportion of available
energy
- Czech: účinný
- Dutch: efficiënt
- French: efficace
- Hungarian:gazdaságos, hatékony
References
Extensive Definition
Efficient can relate to:
- Efficiency (and related topics; see link), the technical term often related to energy usage.
- Efficient (horse), winner of the 2007 Melbourne Cup.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
able,
active, adequate, au fait, banausic, capable, competent, economic, effective, effectual, efficacious, equal to,
feasible, fit, fitted, fitted for, functional, go, journeyman, operable, operational, operative, practicable, practical, pragmatic, productive, proficient, qualified, realizable, suited, thrifty, unwasteful, up to, up to
snuff, well-fitted, well-qualified, well-suited, workable, worthy