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Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so universal and so efficacious as opium.
Thomas Sydenham

Meaning of "efficacious" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EFFICACIOUS

From Latin efficāx powerful, efficient, from efficere to achieve.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EFFICACIOUS

efficacious  [ˌɛfɪˈkeɪʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EFFICACIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Efficacious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EFFICACIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Efficacy

Efficacy is the capacity to produce an effect. It has different specific meanings in different fields. In medicine, it is the ability of an intervention or drug to produce a desired effect.

Definition of efficacious in the English dictionary

The definition of efficacious in the dictionary is capable of or successful in producing an intended result; effective as a means, remedy, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EFFICACIOUS


agaricaceous
əˌɡærɪˈkeɪʃəs
bombacaceous
ˌbɒmbəˈkeɪʃəs
brassicaceous
ˌbræsɪˈkeɪʃəs
dicacious
dɪˈkeɪʃəs
ericaceous
ˌɛrɪˈkeɪʃəs
gracious
ˈɡreɪʃəs
inefficacious
ˌɪnɛfɪˈkeɪʃəs
juncaceous
dʒʌŋˈkeɪʃəs
micaceous
maɪˈkeɪʃəs
orobanchaceous
ˌɔːrəʊbæŋˈkeɪʃəs
perspicacious
ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəs
pervicacious
ˌpɜːvɪˈkeɪʃəs
portulacaceous
ˌpɔːtjʊləˈkeɪʃəs
procacious
prəˈkeɪʃəs
salicaceous
ˌsælɪˈkeɪʃəs
smilacaceous
ˌsmaɪləˈkeɪʃəs
spacious
ˈspeɪʃəs
styracaceous
ˌstaɪrəˈkeɪʃəs
tenacious
tɪˈneɪʃəs
urticaceous
ˌɜːtɪˈkeɪʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EFFICACIOUS

effervescible
effete
effetely
effeteness
efficaciously
efficaciousness
efficacy
efficiencies
efficiency
efficiency apartment
efficient
efficient cause
efficiently
effierce
effigial
effigies
effigurate
effiguration
effigy
effing

WORDS THAT END LIKE EFFICACIOUS

atrocious
audacious
auspicious
bodacious
bootylicious
conscious
delicious
ferocious
judicious
luscious
malicious
precious
previous
self-conscious
specious
subconscious
suspicious
unconscious
vicious
vivacious
voracious

Synonyms and antonyms of efficacious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EFFICACIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «efficacious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of efficacious

Translation of «efficacious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EFFICACIOUS

Find out the translation of efficacious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of efficacious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «efficacious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有效
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

eficaz
570 millions of speakers

English

efficacious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रभावोत्पादक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فعال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эффективны
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

eficaz
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফলপ্রদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

efficace
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berkhasiat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wirksam
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

有効な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

효능
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Efficacious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công hiệu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விளைவுண்டாக்குபவையாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परिणामकारक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

etkili
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

efficace
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skuteczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ефективні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

eficace
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποτελεσματικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doeltreffend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

efficacious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

effektive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of efficacious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EFFICACIOUS»

The term «efficacious» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.516 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EFFICACIOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «efficacious» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «efficacious» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about efficacious

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5 QUOTES WITH «EFFICACIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word efficacious.
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Misha Collins
I actually think that the most efficacious way of making a difference is to lead by example, and doing random acts of kindness is setting a very good example of how to behave in the world.
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Maria Montessori
If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks.
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Nicholas Mosley
There is curiously little art concerning the efficacy of reason - perhaps simply because reason is not noticeably efficacious.
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Dayananda Saraswati
Prayer in any form is efficacious because it is an action. It will, therefore, have a result. That is the law of this universe in which we find ourselves.
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Thomas Sydenham
Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so universal and so efficacious as opium.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EFFICACIOUS»

Discover the use of efficacious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to efficacious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Efficacious Love: Its Meaning and Function in the Theology ...
This book provides a concise, accurate introduction to the theology of Juan Luis Segundo.
Theresa Lowe Ching, 1989
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Handbook of Evidence-Based Therapies for Children and ...
Thus, the label names used to classify the psychosocial treatments were efficacious, efficacious and specific, and probably efficacious. The chapter begins by reporting on the evidence-based status of psychosocial treatments evaluated in the ...
Ric G. Steele, T. David Elkin, Michael Roberts, 2007
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Prerequisites for Effective And Efficacious Prayer
Am I trying to say people should forsake work? Not by any chance, for the Bible says that he who does not work should not eat. All I am alluding to by the dictates of the Holy Spirit is that any work that undermines your God given responsibility ...
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Plans for affording to Agriculture prompt, efficacious and ...
14. That as regards the preference proposed for Colonial 'wheat. Many permoral, loyal, and robust rustic pbpulation—to the ruin to individuals that would attend an extensive and abrupt change of occupation from agricultural to manufacturing ...
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The Partial Synthesis of a Highly Efficacious Multinuclear ...
Amanda Catherine Dennis 181. C17 0.41667 (10) 0.3389 (3) 0.25390 (9) 0.0310 (6) H17A 0.4147 0.4050 0.2248 0.037 H17B 0.4333 0.3980 0.2804 0.037 N6 0.44808 (9) 0.2052 (3) 0.24313 (8) 0.0321 (5) H6 0.4293 (10) 0.152 (3) 0.2219(9)  ...
Amanda Catherine Dennis, 2008
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Life: Efficacious Thoughts in Rhyme
First and foremost my inspiration for authoring this book came by way of my love for Jesus Christ, my love for my family, my friends, my life experiences, and my love for humanity.
R. J. Russell, 2012
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Faith, Hope, and Clarity: Catholic Faith in Today's World
The. Sacraments. are. efficacious. signs. So the Church is Christ and it is through the Church — in the Church — that we share in the life of God. This life is usually given to us through the sacraments. We need to see and feel and touch.
Pierre Riches, 2001
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Free Riding
... of looking at the situation. If there is no way in practice of distinguishing between votes which were causally efficacious and those which were not, why do we have to conclude that they were all efficacious, rather than that none of them were?
Richard TUCK, Richard Tuck, 2009
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The Gospel According to the Apostles
It never stalls before concluding its work, nor does it ever botch the job. What we' re really saying is that grace is efficacious. In other words, grace is certain to produce the intended results. God's grace is always efficacious. That truth is rooted in ...
John MacArthur
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The Holy Spirit: A Comprehensive Study of the Person and ...
... accurately the Scriptures. II. EFFICACIOUS. GRACE. A. BIBLICAL. DOCTRINE. The doctrine of efficacious grace is pre-eminently a doctrine of the Scriptures though its title is theological. The Scriptures speak frequently of a divine call to ...
John F. Walvoord, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EFFICACIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term efficacious is used in the context of the following news items.
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These 23 Undergrads' Reflections on Their Trip to Cambodia May …
The global citizen looks at the world's complexity with humility and then makes judgments, knowing efficacious, sustainable action depends on ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
ICYMI: SweetSpot hits of the week
Instead, it may be more efficacious to consider the Brewers roster core as thoroughly streaky, which has derailed the club in each of the last two ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
3
Melanoma Global Drug Forecast and Market Analysis 2023
One of the largest unmet needs is a need for efficacious treatment options for BRAF wild-type patients. Approximately half of melanoma patients ... «Medgadget.com, Jul 15»
4
Nine recent developments in psoriasis
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Cosentyx was efficacious and had an acceptable safety profile in patients with palmoplantar psoriasis, with ... «Healio, Jul 15»
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Let's talk about marijuana
... gave its backhanded approval for marijuana as an efficacious treatment for only two or three medical conditions, there seems to be no lack of ... «Straight.com, Jul 15»
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EFSA opinion on L-lysine sulphate
For supplemental L-lysine sulphate to be as efficacious in ruminants as in non-ruminant species, it would require protection against ... «All about feed, Jul 15»
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Richard Nixon Was Not Misunderstood
Still, Nixon can be said to have been the last Republican president who accepted the idea that federal programs could be efficacious. Nixon's ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Certara Creates Preeminent Global Strategic Modeling and …
... unsurpassed in the industry and will be leveraged as we work alongside our clients to bring safer and more efficacious therapies to patients.”. «Digital Journal, Jul 15»
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Points lost, series won, case well made by Mithali's India
Rajeshwari Gayakwad made full use of the conditions on her home ground, and picked up wickets at crucial junctures with her efficacious ... «Wisden India, Jul 15»
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Study says omega-3 supplements improve seniors' health
“These findings provide support for the concept that increased omega-3 intake may be an efficacious therapy in the primary prevention of ... «ConsumerAffairs, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Efficacious [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/efficacious>. May 2024 ».
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