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effectuation

effectuation

9.8
Making something happen or putting plans into action
  • noun
  • /ɪˌfɛk.tʃuˈeɪ.ʃən/
  • Formal
translation icon : efectuación
  • Effective management plays a crucial role in the effectuation of successful projects.

Examples

  • The State CIO, in order to ensure successful effectuation of this Order, will establish appropriate policies, procedures, and protocols for the coordinated management of the State's information technology resources.

    Blog text (29)
  • In addition to the Sherbert considerations, the Supreme Court now also considered whether granting the exemption would unduly interfere with the effectuation of the government's interest.

    Academic text (1991)
  • As such, love is the impetus to emancipate children from conditions of suffering through the effectuation of their rights.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Furthermore, adoption of a ratification cutoff would ensure a significant delay before the effectuation of any compact.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Staunch advocacy on behalf of a client is proper and fully consistent with the finest effectuation of skill and professionalism.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The only question is whether we agree with the simple fact of our ineluctable contribution to the effectuation of the Divine Will; whether the salt in us burns us up altogether or enables us to rise.

    Blog text (21)
  • On the other hand, the effectuation of "held covered" clauses designed to deal with that situation results in incompatibility between the "held covered" Arctic risks and other elements of the insurance contract, which is an undesirable anomaly.

    Academic text (2016)
  • In Kirby, the Court explained that "the Court in retrospect perceived that the 'prime purpose' of Escobedo was not to vindicate the... right to counsel as such, but, like Miranda, 'to guarantee the full effectuation of the privilege against self-incrimination.'" 79

    Academic text (2017)
  • The government is focusing on the effectuation of new policies to improve public health.

  • Community engagement is essential for the effectuation of sustainable development initiatives.

Synonyms

implementation
vseffectuation
149 3.8

To put a plan or decision into action

is broader, covering making things happen beyond planned processes
causation
vseffectuation
25 7.2

A connection where one thing makes another thing happen

is more practical, about putting things into effect rather than explaining cause
inducement
vseffectuation
1 6.8

An action that makes something happen

also includes putting things into effect, not only causing results
inducing
vseffectuation
1 5.8

An act that makes something happen, often a change in the body like labor or sleep

is the wider act of making events happen, not only causing outcomes
eventuation
vseffectuation
  • Formal
9.8

A result of something happening

focuses on actively making things happen rather than on the result

Antonyms

26 3.6

Leaving someone or something and not coming back

How Effective

completion
108 2.4
implementation
149 3.8
effectuation
  • Formal
9.8
execution
88 4.2
to action
  • Jargon
1 4.7
attempt
1.0

Surface Forms

effectuation singular
effectuations plural

Morphology

effectuation = effectuate (semi-transparent) = effect + uate + ion

The noun is formed from the verb 'effectuate' with the standard nominalizing suffix '-ion', but 'effectuate' is a somewhat learned verb rather than an everyday base word.

Etymology

Effectuation comes from effect, which comes from an old root meaning 'to make' or 'bring about', the same root you see in factory, a place that makes things. So effectuation is the act of making something happen or putting a plan into effect.