efficiency
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- noun
- /ɪˈfɪʃənsi/
:
eficiencia
- The positives include efficiency of care, job satisfaction, and professional freedom for starters.
- improve efficiency
- increase efficiency
- energy efficiency
By scaling, you can get efficiencies that drive cost down very well.
- By scaling, you can get efficiencies that drive cost down very well.
- Humans love efficiency and audio saves time.
- I think people think far too much about speed and efficiency rather than direction.
- I will say on the Mac is the best battery efficiency and it's the fastest.
- Well, negotiation, what creates the greatest efficiency in negotiation is trust.
- We have AI increasing efficiency, but not necessarily productivity.
- Does it add efficiency to a manufacturing scheme?
- By buying low and selling high, they bring about market efficiency, creating harmony and freedom.
- Are we willing to trade those things in for efficiency and speed?
- Focus on efficiency and getting things done smoothly.
- And what I overestimated was the efficiency of the government.
Examples
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Increasing a home's energy efficiency is a proven way to increase the home's value.
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We exist to serve with logic and efficiency.
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No, you need high efficiency, not low efficiency.
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What they care about is efficiency and they care about safety.
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So the drive was always on productivity, efficiency, doing more with less.
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Poor fuel efficiency due to excess wind resistance.
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I want you to know how much I appreciate your efficiency, Dottie.
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Gentlemen, we need to attain maximum efficiency.
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Gentlemen, we need to attain maximum efficiency.
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I want you to know how much I appreciate your efficiency, Dottie.
Synonyms
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How much work, goods, or services are produced for the time and effort used
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A person who looks at how a business works and finds ways to save time and reduce waste
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A small furnished apartment with one main room, a small kitchen area, and a separate bathroom
- Specialized
A person who helps a company use machines and people better to save time and money
How Efficient
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word efficiency comes from a Latin verb efficere, which means 'to bring about' and includes the old root facere meaning 'to make', the same root you see in factory. So, to be efficient is to 'make' the result with as little waste of time, effort, or materials as possible.