As yardsticks to measure the effectiveness of information retrieval there exist those called 'recall ratio' and 'precision ratio'.
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Effectiveness
//ɪˈfɛk.tɪv.nɪs//
Synonyms for "effectiveness" (148 found)
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Strong matches (44)
Related words (74)
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2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
11 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δρᾶσις noun (property)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- səmərə noun (property)
- səmərə noun (degree)
Catalan
1 entries- efectivitat noun (property)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- بەسوودی noun (property)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 成效 noun (degree)
- 效力 noun (degree)
- 有效性 noun (property)
Dutch
1 entries- effectiviteit noun (degree)
Egyptian
1 entries- Ax-x:W-Y1:Z2 noun (property)
Finnish
4 entries- teho noun (degree)
- vaikuttavuus noun (property)
- vaikuttavuus noun (capacity or potential)
- vaikuttavuus noun (degree)
French
1 entries- efficacité noun (property)
Georgian
1 entries- ეფექტიანობა noun (property)
German
4 entries- Durchsetzungsfähigkeit noun (capacity or potential)
- Durchsetzungsvermögen noun (capacity or potential)
- Effektivität noun (property)
- Wirksamkeit noun (property)
Greek
1 entries- αποτελεσματικότητα noun (property)
Hungarian
3 entries- eredményesség noun (property)
- hatásosság noun (property)
- hatásosság noun (degree)
Indonesian
2 entries- efektivitas noun (property)
- keefektifan noun (property)
Italian
2 entries- efficacia noun (property)
- efficacia noun (degree)
Kazakh
3 entries- нәтижелілік noun (property)
- нәтижелілік noun (degree)
- тиімділік noun (property)
Latvian
3 entries- efektivitāte noun (property)
- iedarbīgums noun (property)
- lietderīgums noun (property)
Malay
1 entries- keberkesanan noun (property)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഫലപ്രാപ്തി noun (property)
Manx
1 entries- breeoilid noun (property)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Wirkjunk noun (property)
Polish
1 entries- skuteczność noun (property)
Portuguese
1 entries- eficiência noun (property)
Romanian
2 entries- eficacitate noun (property)
- eficiență noun (property)
Russian
4 entries- результати́вность noun (property)
- результати́вность noun (degree)
- эффекти́вность noun (property)
- эффекти́вность noun (degree)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- djelotvórnōst noun (property)
- učinkòvitōst noun (property)
- ȅfikasnōst noun (property)
Spanish
2 entries- efectividad noun (property)
- eficacia noun (capacity or potential)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ефекти́вність noun (property)
- результати́вність noun (property)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The creatures were struck dead, one after the other, with amazing precision and effectiveness.
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Many fear that cuts in the defense budget will undermine the military's effectiveness.
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The effectiveness of this method was confirmed by the experiences of many people.
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