efficient
IPA: ɪfˈɪʃʌnt
noun
- (obsolete) a cause; something that causes an effect
adjective
- making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy
- expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input
- causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent)
- (proscribed, old use) effective, efficacious
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Examples of "efficient" in Sentences
- The man delivered the speech efficiently.
- The filing system in the hospital is not efficient.
- Compaction is a more efficient method to use the space in a landfill.
- All the death camps used subterfuge and misdirection to operate efficiently.
- The Roman army efficiently used their weapons during the invasion of Britain.
- Personally, I think that it is more efficient to use the inhaler as necessary.
- She learned the tricks of pleasure of using the computer software efficiently.
- The growing knowledge of yoke made the cultivators to use ox more efficiently.
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