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effectuate

ef·fec·tu·ate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ih-fek-choo-eyt]
    • /ɪˈfɛk tʃuˌeɪt/
    • /ɪˈfektjʊeɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ih-fek-choo-eyt]
    • /ɪˈfɛk tʃuˌeɪt/

Definitions of effectuate word

  • verb with object effectuate to bring about; effect. 1
  • noun effectuate Put into force or operation. 1
  • transitive verb effectuate cause, bring about 1
  • verb effectuate to cause to happen; effect; accomplish 0
  • verb transitive effectuate to bring about; cause to happen; effect 0

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Origin of effectuate

First appearance:

before 1570
One of the 33% oldest English words
1570-80; < Medieval Latin effectuātus brought to pass (past participle of effectuāre), equivalent to Latin effectu-, stem of effectus effect (see effect) + -ātus -ate1

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Parts of speech for Effectuate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

effectuate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for effectuate

verb effectuate

  • accomplish — If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.
  • create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
  • produce — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • generate — to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
  • trigger — a small projecting tongue in a firearm that, when pressed by the finger, actuates the mechanism that discharges the weapon.

Antonyms for effectuate

verb effectuate

  • destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • ruinruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
  • abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
  • fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
  • miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.

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