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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
efficient
    adj 1: being effective without wasting time or effort or
           expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient
           engines save gas" [ant: inefficient]
    2: 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" [syn:
       effective, efficient]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
efficient \ef*fi"cient\ ([e^]f*f[i^]sh"ent), 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.
   [1913 Webster]

         The efficient cause is the working cause. --Wilson.

   Syn: Effective; effectual; competent; able; capable;
        material; potent.
        [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Efficient \Ef*fi"cient\, n.
   An efficient cause; a prime mover.
   [1913 Webster]

         God . . . moveth mere natural agents as an efficient
         only.                                    --Hooker.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for efficient:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
able, active, adequate, au fait, banausic, capable, competent, economic, effective, effectual, efficacious, equal to, feasible, fit, fitted, fitted for, functional, go, journeyman, operable, operational, operative, practicable, practical, pragmatic, productive, proficient, qualified, realizable, suited, thrifty, unwasteful, up to, up to snuff, well-fitted, well-qualified, well-suited, workable, worthy
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