efficient

adjective/ɪˈfɪʃənt/CEFR B2

দক্ষ, কম অপচয়ে কাজ করে এমন

Meaning

Working well without wasting time, money or effort.

Example sentences

  • The new stove is more efficient.নতুন চুলাটি বেশি সাশ্রয়ী ও দক্ষ।
  • She runs an efficient office.সে একটি দক্ষ অফিস চালায়।

A common mistake

The medicine was very efficient against the fever.→The medicine was very effective against the fever.

Effective means it worked. Efficient means it worked without waste. A slow cure can be effective; a fast one is efficient.

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: expeditious, workmanlike

Antonyms: wasteful, inefficient

Similar words, and what each means

  • expeditious

    দ্রুত ও দক্ষ, ক্ষিপ্র

    Done quickly and efficiently.

  • workmanlike

    দক্ষ ও যত্নসহকারে করা, পেশাদারসুলভ

    Done in a skilful, careful way, though not exciting or original.

Other English words for “দক্ষ, কম অপচয়ে কাজ করে এমন”

  • deft

    Quick and skilful in movement.

  • adept

    Very good at something.

  • expert

    A person with special skill or knowledge in a subject.

  • capable

    Having the ability or skill to do something.

  • competent

    Having enough skill to do something to an acceptable standard.

  • skilful

    Doing something well because of training and practice.

Opposite words

  • wasteful

    অপচয়কারী, অমিতব্যয়ী

    Using more than is needed.

“efficient” elsewhere on EnglishBD

  • It feels efficient — you write faster in your own script — but it forces a translation between hearing and writing, and translation is exactly the step that makes you fall behind.

    Note-Taking While Listening in English →

  • What it does for the body: A heart regularly asked to work becomes efficient at the work.

    Physical Exercise →

Where this word is used

Check yourself

  1. “efficient” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?

    • • ঝুঁকিপূর্ণ
    • • দক্ষ, কম অপচয়ে কাজ করে এমন
    • • নিরীহ; ক্ষতিকর নয়
    • • ছন্দময়
    Show the answer

    দক্ষ, কম অপচয়ে কাজ করে এমন — efficient (adjective) — দক্ষ, কম অপচয়ে কাজ করে এমন. Working well without wasting time, money or effort.

  2. Which word is closest in meaning to “efficient”?

    • • feeble
    • • dangerous
    • • expeditious
    • • adaptable
    Show the answer

    expeditious — expeditious — দ্রুত ও দক্ষ, ক্ষিপ্র. Done quickly and efficiently.

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