efficient

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
2. Expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input.
3. Causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent).
4. (proscribed) effective, efficacious

Noun

A cause; something that causes an effect.

Concepten

efficiënt

deskundig

competent

doeltreffend

duchtig

effectief

flink

geschikt

krachtig

vakkundig

voortvarend

werkend

bekwaam

zaakkundig

bevoegd

doelmatig

Synoniemen

effective

capable

competent

able

effectual

productive

efficacious

qualified

active

proficient

skilled

quick

sufficient

powerful

deft

industrious

expert

prompt

practical

experienced

accomplished

doughty

adept

smart

high-performance

telling

energetic

potent

professional

profitable

pushing

rational

self-sufficient

shifty

skilful

skill

successful

suitable

useful

vigorous

volunteer

be efficacious

resultful

well-experienced

self-suporting

battle-seasoned

being a handy man

good

👍

hard-working

able-bodied

Vertalingen

efficace

eficaz

efficiente

eficiente

eficiente

efficient

compétent

effizient

eficient

eficaz

competente

efficace

leistungsfähig

valente

αποδοτικός

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɪˈfɪʃənt/

Etymologie (Engels)

1398, “making,” from Old French, from Latin efficientem, nominative efficiēns, participle of efficere (“work out, accomplish”) (see effect). Meaning “productive, skilled” is from 1787. Efficiency apartment is first recorded 1930, American English.