meaning of effective
1. Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.
2. That which produces a given effect; a cause.
3. One who is capable of active service.
4. Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe.
5. existing in fact; not theoretical; real; "a decline in the effective demand"; "confused increased equipment and expenditure with the quantity of effective work
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