effectualness

/i'fektjuəlnis/

Thân thiện

The new policy's effectualness was clear in the improved results.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The quality of being able to produce a desired or intended result; efficacy. It refers to the power or capacity to be effective and to successfully bring about a specific outcome or effect.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The effectualness of the new policy in reducing pollution will be studied over the next year.
  • He doubted the effectualness of the proposed solution to the complex problem.
  • The team's success was a direct result of the effectualness of their leader's strategy.

Advanced Usage

• "To question the effectualness of something": To express doubt about whether something can achieve its goal.

  • Many citizens question the effectualness of the new traffic laws.

• "To demonstrate/prove the effectualness of something": To show or confirm that something is capable of producing results.

  • The clinical trial proved the effectualness of the new drug.

Variants and Related Words

• Effectual (adj): Adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result.

  • The mayor took effectual steps to improve city services.

• Effectiveness (n): The degree to which something is successful in producing a desired result. (Note: This is a very close synonym, often used interchangeably with "effectualness," though "effectiveness" is more common in general usage.)

  • We measured the effectiveness of the advertising campaign.

• Efficacy (n): The ability to produce a desired or intended result. (A more formal synonym.)

  • The vaccine's efficacy was over 90%.

Synonyms

• Efficacy: The capacity for producing a desired result or effect.
• Effectiveness: The power to be effective; the quality of producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect.
• Potency: The power or capacity to achieve something.

Antonyms

• Ineffectiveness: The quality of not producing any significant or desired effect.
• Inefficacy: Lack of power to produce the desired effect.
• Futility: The quality of being incapable of producing any useful result; pointlessness.

Học thuật

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• effectiveness
• effectivity
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