Collocations for "effective"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "effective" in context.
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effective
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- an effective [treatment, medication, remedy, drug]
- the [treatment] was effective
- an effective [solution, approach, alternative, way] to
- effective in [preventing, aiding, reducing, eliminating]
- effective in the [prevention] of
- effective for [preventing]
- effective for [patients, children, sufferers, users, members]
- effective [teaching, rehabilitation, prevention] methods
- effective [planning, preparation] for
- is (very) effective against [acne, termites]
- an effective [image, photo, message]
- was [not very, super, extremely, highly] effective
- was [more] effective than I [expected, imagined]
- the [law, policy, contract, service] will become effective as of (Monday)
- the effective date of the [law]
- the effective [leader, government, president] at the time
'effective' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
April
- August
- July
- June
- accountable
- advert
- advertisement
- advertising
- affordable
- aggressive
- applied
- arguably
- as
- become
- cleaner
- clumsy
- communication
- consistent
- cost
- deployment
- develop
- devise
- emergency
- enforcement
- equally
- extremely
- generally
- gentle
- healthy
- highly
- immediately
- implementation
- innovative
- less
- management
- old-fashioned
- perceive
- preclude
- prevent
- provide
- realistic
- remedy
- safe
- similarly
- simple
- solution
- stern
- strict
- strong
- successful