What does efficient mean in English? Meaning of efficient definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "efficient": being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
Adjective
Meaning: being effective without wasting time or effort or expenseExample: an efficient production manager
efficient engines save gasSynonyms: efficientAntonyms: inefficientSimilar: businesslike
cost-effective
cost-efficient
economic
economical
expeditious
high-octane
streamlinedAlso see: competent
effective
effectual
efficaciousMeaning of "efficient": able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
Adjective
Meaning: able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectivelyExample: people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons...
effective personnel
an efficient secretary
the efficient cause of the revolutionSynonyms: effective
efficientSimilar: competentAdjective: Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy. 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly): An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic […] real kidneys […] . But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time. An efficient process would automate all the routine work. Our cleaners are almost too efficient: they throw away anything left out on a desk.2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly): An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic […] real kidneys […] . But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.Expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input. The motor is only 20% efficient at that temperature.Causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change. (Rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent.) Ownership, maintenance, or use of the automobile need not be the direct and efficient cause of the injury sustained(proscribed, old use) Effective. Wilson The efficient cause is the working cause.Wilson The efficient cause is the working cause.Synonyms:
profitable, productive, useful, energetic, able, capable, skillful, powerful, skilled, dynamic, potent, active, valuable, economical, competent, tough, adequate, decisive, accomplished, adapted, apt, businesslike, clever, conducive, deft, economic, effectual, efficacious, experienced, expert, fitted, handy, masterly, organized, practiced, proficient, qualified, ready, saving, shrewd, systematic, talented, virtuous, equal to, familiar with, good at, good for, well-organized,
Antonyms:
impotent, useless, worthless, idle, inactive, lazy, sluggish, ineffective, unable, incapable, incompetent, unskilled, unskillful, fragile, inadequate, helpless, inefficient, powerless, inept, delicate, weak,
