effectiveness

effectiveness
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ overall
▪ great, high (esp. AmE), increased
▪ maximum
▪ limited
▪ relative
▪ potential
▪ long-term
▪

The drug's long-term effectiveness has yet to be established.

▪ operational, organizational
▪ political
▪ combat (esp. AmE), military
▪ teacher
▪

Exam results are sometimes used as a measure of teacher effectiveness.

▪ clinical, therapeutic, treatment
VERB + EFFECTIVENESS
▪ analyse/analyze, assess, check, determine, estimate, evaluate, examine, gauge, investigate, judge, measure, monitor, study, test
▪ compare
▪ demonstrate, indicate, prove, show
▪

The exam results demonstrated the effectiveness of the teaching.

▪ achieve, ensure
▪

You may need to increase the dose to achieve maximum effectiveness.

▪ maintain
▪ affect, impact, influence
▪ boost, enhance, improve, increase, maximize
▪ decrease, destroy, diminish, hamper, impair, limit, reduce, undermine
▪ lose
▪

The drugs work well at first but gradually lose their effectiveness.

▪ question
▪

Many people questioned the effectiveness of economic sanctions.

PREPOSITION
▪ effectiveness as
▪

They're doing tests to evaluate the effectiveness of this herb as an antiseptic.

▪ effectiveness in
▪

the effectiveness of penicillin in controlling bacterial infection


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