Efficacy

Word EFFICACY
Character 8
Hyphenation ef fi ca cy
Pronunciations /ˈɛf.ɪ.kə.si/

Definitions and meanings of "Efficacy"

What do we mean by efficacy?

Power or capacity to produce a desired effect; effectiveness. noun

The quality of being efficacious or effectual; production of, or the capacity of producing, the effect intended or desired; effectiveness. noun

Synonyms Efficiency, etc. (see effectiveness); virtue, force, energy. noun

Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended noun

Ability to produce a desired amount of a desired effect. noun

Capacity or power to produce a desired effect noun

Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.

Degree of ability to produce a desired effect.

1. The division of the product of a unit's hit points and damage by its attack period 2. The derivative of impact Urban Dictionary

A douchey way of saying effective. Urban Dictionary

An adjective (descriptive word): Describing thing, or person, producing, or sure to produce, desired effect. "Efficaciously" (adverb) describing the behaviour of act in such a manner as to effect the desired effect. I may help to understand that the Latin root for these words is the same as that for "Efficient". Urban Dictionary

1. when a person believes in their own ability to complete a task. 2. when someone poops themself. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Efficacy

The word "efficacy" in example sentences

It has been shown to have long-term efficacy, meaning it could be administered in small doses, potentially reducing severity of side effects. ❋ Unknown (2010)

• Duration of efficacy is key to the entire question. ❋ Marcia G. Yerman (2010)

Not because they're corrupt, or deceitful or because they don't believe in efficacy of the public option, but because they don't believe the system would allow it to happen. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, one of our group has an interesting alternate proposal – that the points go up in efficacy as you use them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If duration of efficacy is less than fifteen years, then no cancers are prevented, only postponed. ❋ Marcia G. Yerman (2010)

More information on the homeopathic treatment of mental illness and more scientific evidence verifying its efficacy is contained in a newly published textbook on the subject, Homeopathy and Mental Health Care: Integrative Practice, Principles, and Research. ❋ Dana Ullman (2010)

I don't agree that letting the "market" determine efficacy is such a great idea. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Those chosen enter an oligopolistic "industry" encompassing businesses (corporate finance, M&A, asset management) whose efficacy is rarely questioned, let alone their fee structures, and a capital markets operation premised on levering up in a mad quest for excess yield. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In my own clumsy way I am merely trying to point out that thinking that you can understand Buddhist practice and thought without experiencing them and accepting the possibility of their efficacy is kind of like pretending to understand science while disbelieving the validity of mathematics. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Determining social outcomes that support individual satisfaction in order to promote efficacy is part of it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

One needs to recall that the lack of Palestinian Authority efficacy is not just a result of settlement activity, but of a deliberate U. S.-backed Israeli strategy of degrading Palestinian Authority institutional efficacy back in the “isolate Arafat” period. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The rise in efficacy of “Terrorism” is largely from the increased availability in inexpensive but highly effective weapons and equipment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"I am fairly skeptical about the long-term efficacy of this intervention," said Yunosuke Ikeda, chief foreign-exchange strategist at Nomura Securities Co. ❋ Takashi Nakamichi (2011)

So that fact that he lies about the torture's efficacy is no surprise. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But markets remain unsettled about both the longer-term efficacy of proposed austerity measures as well as their potential impacts on growth. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hankins, Hoekstra and Skiba concluded that "While we cannot be sure that homeowners or other beneficiaries of government aid would respond in the same way lottery winners did, the results may warrant some skepticism about the long term efficacy of such a bailout." ❋ Unknown (2010)

A [rifleman's] efficacy [turns out] to be 7070. ❋ Anonymous (2004)

When trying to [impress] with his [vocabulary] by using the word 'efficacious' rather than 'effective', the man was actually more efficacious at [sounding] like an ass. ❋ Dgeezy (2015)

[Asprin] is truly "efficacious" for [the treatment] of [headaches]. I've never known a teacher to be so consistent in dealing so "efficaciously" with problem students, as he does. ❋ Sparticus774 (2014)

1. [Self-efficacy] led [Stephanie] to believe she could make good marks on the [exam]. 2. Stephanie was unable to finish the exam due to [self-efficacy]. ❋ WHUler (2010)

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