EFFECTIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does effectiveness mean? 

• EFFECTIVENESS (noun)
  The noun EFFECTIVENESS has 2 senses:

1. power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect

2. capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects

  Familiarity information: EFFECTIVENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EFFECTIVENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

effectiveness; effectivity; effectuality; effectualness

Hypernyms ("effectiveness" is a kind of...):

power; powerfulness (possession of controlling influence)

Attribute:

effective; effectual; efficacious (producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect)

ineffective; ineffectual; uneffective (not producing an intended effect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "effectiveness"):

incisiveness; trenchancy (keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect)

efficaciousness; efficacy (capacity or power to produce a desired effect)

Antonym:

ineffectiveness (lacking the power to be effective)

Derivation:

effective (able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively)

effective (producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect)

effective (works well as a means or remedy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

effectiveness; potency; strength

Context example:

the strength of the drinks

Hypernyms ("effectiveness" is a kind of...):

power; powerfulness (possession of controlling influence)

Attribute:

potent; stiff; strong (having a strong physiological or chemical effect)

impotent (lacking power or ability)

 Context examples 

To date, tests to determine the effectiveness of dispersants used only "fresh" oil that hadn't been altered by sunlight.

(Sunlight reduces effectiveness of dispersants used to clean up oil spills, National Science Foundation)

This may be a primary or secondary outcome variable used to judge the effectiveness of a treatment.

(End Point, NCI Thesaurus)

An anticancer drug that increases the effectiveness of fluorouracil.

(Eniluracil, NCI Dictionary)

This function is an indication of the molecule's effectiveness in cancer immunoprevention.

(Immune Stimulant Molecule Protects against Cancer Development, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In the study, researchers tested the effectiveness of HDIT/HCT in 25 volunteers with RRMS who had relapsed and experienced worsened neurological disability while taking standard medications.

(Stem cell transplants may halt progression of multiple sclerosis, NIH)

This may lead to an increase in the bioavailability and, effectiveness of fluorouracil.

(Eniluracil / 5-FU Combination Tablet, NCI Thesaurus)

There are many different types of electroanalgesia with varying levels of effectiveness and invasiveness.

(Electroanalgesia, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug that may increase the effectiveness of radiation therapy.

(Efaproxiral, NCI Dictionary)

The branch of pharmacology that studies the effectiveness and safety of drug treatment in humans.

(Clinical Pharmacology, NCI Thesaurus)

A combination of two or more anti-infective agents in a single product to increase the products effectiveness.

(Combination Anti-Infective Agent, NCI Thesaurus)