Efficient : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Efficient	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
efficient adj being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient engines save gas" Antonym(s): inefficient able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution" Synonym(s): effective, efficient
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Efficient \Effi"cient\, a. [L. efficiens, -entis, p. pr. of efficere to effect: cf. F. efficient. See {Effect}, n.] Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient* officer, power. The efficient cause is the working cause. --Wilson. Syn: Effective; effectual; competent; able; capable; material; potent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Efficient \Effi"cient\, n. An efficient* cause; a prime mover. God . . . moveth mere natural agents as an efficient only. --Hooker.