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effective

An effective strategy, treatment, method, etc is one that works well as planned. Teachers are using instructional strategies that are most effective in helping students learn. If you have effective command, consent, control, etc., you have it in practice but not officially. The students had effective control over what the teacher would include on the test. If a law, agreement, change, etc. becomes effective, it officially begins. The new rules about ball size are effective next season.

effective

You use effective to say when something starts officially. Effective next week, all employees will wear the new uniform.

effective

(= effectual, efficacious) producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation — LewisMumford effective teaching methods effective steps toward peace made an effective entrance his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action an efficacious law (= efficient) 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 works well as a means or remedy an effective reprimand a lotion that is effective in cases of prickly heat (= good, in effect, in force) exerting force or influence the law is effective immediately a warranty good for two years the law is already in effect (or in force) existing in fact; not theoretical; real a decline in the effective demand confused increased equipment and expenditure with the quantity of effective work done ready for service the fort was held by about 100 effective soldiers

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The research shows that the drug is most effective in women aged sixty and older.
This medicine is not effective against the flu.
The art of modern warfare does not necessarily require soldiers to be armed to the teeth to be effective as combatants.
The doctor is looking for medicine that is effective for this illness.
It is effective against bacterial infections.
The law will be effective from the 1st of April.
The method was crude, but very effective.
This poison is very effective in getting rid of roaches.
My e-mail address will be changed effective Aug. 1 as follows.
Patience is sometimes the most effective weapon.
Daily exercise is effective in overcoming obesity.
Preventive measures are much more effective than the actual treatment.
Effective use of disinfectant is an important subject in relation to infection control in hospitals.
Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.
The effective application of antiseptics is an important matter in the prevention of hospital infections.
An effective writer is one who knows what sort of words should be employed in any specific context.
He could not take effective measures.
The most effective means for the propagation of Esperanto is the fluent and elegant use of this language.
Laughing is the most effective antidote to bad temper.
Investment in education is undoubtedly the only effective way to bring a country out of poverty.
It's very effective.
My method is surprisingly simple, but highly effective.

Movie subtitles

The most important thing to remember is that this drug is only effective against pregnancy if taken every single day without fail, not just before or after sexual intercourse.
More effective than wolfbane, Count.
I gave her a very powerful narcotic, I'm sure it will be effective soon.
Effective only for a few hours.
It'll be simple, but startlingly effective.
Already there! How effective Mr Trehearne.
What made it especially effective was his being simple and honest.
And so we honor two flight surgeons Lieutenant Commander Rogers and Lieutenant Lee whose professional skill has made possible the effective work of our finest pilots and best planes.
You're not very subtle, but you are effective.
I would say with intellectuals, the mental approach is more effective. and much quicker.
I lied to you. I had to say something quick and effective to soften your heart.
It didn't seem very effective as a lullaby.
Pretty effective speech, huh?
His work over eight hours is not effective.
We recommend it, as the modern and effective way.
More effective than wolfsbane, Count.
Obviously it's strategic to put on a display of force for the Suristani tribe. More effective than bullets.
Paradol chloride isn't effective for headaches, if that's what you mean.
Very effective, my dear Watson.
It seems to be quite effective.
You're not very subtle, but you are effective. I get the point.
Mr. Lloyd, your super British patriotism, your blundering, but sometimes effective intelligence efforts are well-known.
I beg your pardon, Lieutenant Grogan, you see I'm so accustomed to working quite alone at my lodgings on Baker Street that I sometimes forget the more modern scientific methods so particularly effective here in America.
I have a few effective tricks, with which you can spice up. your lessons and present it in a pleasant way.
And if you could find a way of getting DeBrion off the stage beforehand so that I could be alone, I think it'd be much more effective.
That might prove effective.
It.. it makes me feel more effective.
Do be effective.
Very effective.
Well, I think I've something very effective.
Wasn't very effective.
Amateur, but effective. Where were we?
There is nothing like a lifetime of lying to make one realize how effective the truth can be.
Very effective, but why take it out on me?
A simple but effective ruse, taught me by one of the lambs in my flock.
A most effective hold, while it lasted.

News and current affairs

Drones - unmanned aircraft that are remotely steered - have proven to be effective in killing a significant number of terrorists, including many of the most important leaders.
All too often, the fight is about turf, rather than about the most effective way to speed help to the poor.
In addition, the EU should create a small but effective military force (say, 5,000 troops) to back up the common body's decisions.
This would make government services more effective, while helping to catalyze additional development aid from traditional donors and mobilize private-sector resources.
Budgetary support in the context of a Customs Union would be a more effective way to disburse EU funds than conventional methods.
If monetary policy is not effective, the only lever the American government has to manage its economy is fiscal policy: changes in the government's tax and spending plans to change the government's direct contribution to aggregate demand.
An America caught in a liquidity trap is, quite simply, a country with no effective tools of macroeconomic management.
While the US Federal Reserve Board's first round of quantitative easing was effective in ending a wrenching crisis, the second round has done little to sustain meaningful recovery in the labor market and the real economy.
The legal system, schools, and the media could bring change, but no official entity takes the problem seriously enough to initiate effective action.
September 1939 taught every Pole that military power must be real to be effective.
Polish foreign policy, like that of the EU, can only be effective in the long term if it takes realistic steps--and spends the necessary money--to realize these objectives.
Climate economists repeatedly have pointed out that such energy innovation is the most effective climate solution, because it is the surest way to drive the price of future green energy sources below that of fossil fuels.
So devaluation is unlikely to be effective in boosting the overall rate of growth.
An effective strategy must accomplish two tasks: encourage investment in non-traditional areas, and weed out projects and investments that fail.
If that can be accomplished, the world will have taken a major step toward a relatively smooth, effective, and equitable global economic recovery.
So we shouldn't be too quick to dismiss the suggestion that science might help - in the first instance, by helping us design more effective institutions, more inspiring moral education, or more persuasive ethical arguments.
In order to gain the breathing space necessary for the reform process to be effective, the Greek government could just announce a simple rescheduling: the due date of all existing public debt is extended by five years at an unchanged interest rate.
Over time, the ICC's example should foster more effective national and regional prosecutions of serious crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
Developing countries must use their limited resources in the most effective way, and there is no question where the most attractive opportunities in Africa are to be found.
It sees competition as the most effective means to promote economic growth, but also embraces state interference, when necessary, to secure equality of opportunity, social solidarity, and social balance.
This is of particular importance for our ideas about the European Union, where we seek an effective balance between the nation and Europe.
Many will never finish even primary school, or be able to play an effective role in modern society.

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