Definitions for effectiveness
ef·fec·tive·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. effectiveness, effectivity, effectualness, effectualitynoun

   power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect

2. potency, effectiveness, strengthnoun

   capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects

   "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. effectivenessnoun

   The property of being effective

2. effectivenessnoun

   The ability to be effective.

3. effectivenessnoun

   The degree to which something is effective.

   He questioned the effectiveness of the treatment.

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1. Effectiveness

   Effectiveness is the capability of producing a desired result or the ability to produce desired output. When something is deemed effective, it means it has an intended or expected outcome, or produces a deep, vivid impression.

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1. effectiveness

   Effectiveness refers to the degree to which something is successful in producing a desired or intended result. It evaluates whether a task or activity is performed with minimum waste of resources and maximum outcome, and implies the achievement of specific goals or objectives.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Effectivenessnoun

   the quality of being effective

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1. effectiveness

   The quality of being effective.

   The auditor verified the effectiveness of the processes and procedures within the system.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 14, 2020  

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1. • Power

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'effectiveness' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4295

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'effectiveness' in Nouns Frequency: #1792

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of effectiveness in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of effectiveness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of effectiveness in a Sentence

1. Patricia Gabbe:

   We need more research that looks at their effectiveness, especially in urban cities, we support anything that will help save a baby’s life, but there haven’t been safety studies that we need.

2. Eric Sevareid:

   The true measure of effectiveness for the new Environmental Protection Agency will be how fast they put themselves out of business.

3. Anita Lower of the LGA:

   To maximise the effectiveness of this prevention and intervention work, children's services departments need further funding to address the scale of demand for help from children and their families.

4. Morgan Stanley:

   Negative Interest Rate Policy (NIRP) seems to be all the rage in central bank circles these days, there are concerns amongst investors that the negative deposit rate will undermine the effectiveness of the ECB’s quantitative easing.

5. David Fidler:

   The military has really had an impact on the effectiveness of ISIS’ social media accounts, they’re going after the underlying source rather than a symptom of the problem.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=effectiveness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Effectiveness
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effectiveness
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/effectiveness
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=effectiveness