How do you use the word "effective" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "effective" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "effective": We have yet to discover an effective remedy for cancer. The doctor is looking for medicine that is effective for this illness.

Effective Meaning

/ɪˈfɛktɪv/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjHaving the power to produce a required effect or effects.

adjProducing a decided or decisive effect.

Sentence Examples

We have yet to discover an effective remedy for cancer.

The doctor is looking for medicine that is effective for this illness.

Aspirin is a simple but highly effective treatment.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

good competent efficient

Antonyms:

ineffective incompetent

CEFR Practice Quiz

The doctor prescribed an ____ treatment that quickly cured the infection.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

We have yet to discover an ____ remedy for cancer.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin effectivusbor. French effectifder. English effective From French effectif, from Latin effectīvus (“productive; effective”), from efficiō (“to make; to bring about”), equivalent to effect + -ive.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

""Capital idea; we'll go together and complain: two will be more effective," suggested Mr. Belting." — 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados:

"Fire ants circumvented the problem of an ineffective sting by having an unusual and highly effective venom that when daubed or sprayed on other ants penetrates their waxy protective integumental barrier and kills or disables them." — 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 102:

"Whosoever is an effective, real cause of doing his neighbour wrong, is criminal." — 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:

"The Army of the West reached Corinth sometime after the battle of Shiloh. We were 15,000 effectives, and brought Beauregard's effective force up to 45,000 men." — 1876, Dabney Herndon Maury; Southern Historical Society Papers: Volume 2, Number 4, Recollections of the Elkhorn Campaign:

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