| purpose | kita; to good ~, dgn berkesan sekali: he used his knowledge to good ~, dia menggunakan pengetahuannya dgn berkesan sekali; to /little, no/ ~, tdk berkesan: his intervention was to little ~, campur tangannya tdk berkesan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| telling | adj 1. having a marked effect, berkesan: he made a ~ speech to the crowd, dia membuat ucapan yg berkesan kpd orang ramai; a ~ blow, tamparan yg berkesan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| punchy | adj incisive, effective, berkesan: his comments were ~ and thought-provoking, komen-komennya berkesan dan merangsang fikiran. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| wonder | /do, work/~s, sangat berkesan: a polish which works ~s on the floor, penggilap yg sangat berkesan bagi lantai; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| effective | adj 1. having an effect, efficient, berkesan, efektif; (so as to be impressive) mengesankan: ~ measures to reduce inflation, langkah-langkah yg berkesan utk mengurangkan inflasi; the choice of colour combination was very ~, pilihan kombinasi warna sangat mengesankan; 2. (of medicine, remedy) mujarab, mustajab, manjur: an ~ ointment for eczema, salap ekzema yg mujarab; 3. operative, mula /berkuat kuasa, dikuatkuasakan/: the law is ~ from the first of January, undang-undang ini mula berkuat kuasa pd satu hari bulan Januari;4. actual, hakiki: the full strength of this battalion is 1,000, but the ~ strength is 800, kekuatan penuh batalion ini ialah 1,000, tetapi kekuatan hakikinya ialah 800; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| ineffective | adj 1. not producing desired result, tdk /berkesan, efektif/; (of remedy) tdk /mujarab, mustajab/: the economic sanction was ~, sekatan ekonomi itu tdk berkesan; these so-called remedies are ~, yg dikatakan ubat ini tdk mujarab; 2. inefficient, not capable, tdk /cekap, efektif/: a weak, ~ leader, pemimpin yg lemah dan tdk cekap. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| neutralize | vt 1. render ineffective, menjadikan [sst] tdk berkesan: we ~d the Communist propaganda campaign by mounting one of our own, kami menjadikan kempen propaganda Komunis tdk berkesan dgn mengadakan kempen kami sendiri; 2. (chem) meneutralkan: to ~ an acid, meneutralkan asid; 3. make neutral by international agreement, menjadikan [sst] + approp n berkecuali, meneutralkan: an effort to ~ Indo-China, usaha utk menjadikan Indo-China negara berkecuali. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| ineffectual | adj (not producing desired result) tdk /berkesan, efektif/; (unsuccessful) gagal; (not able to get things done) tdk cekap: all the measures taken have been ~, semua langkah yg diambil tdk berkesan; an ~ attempt, percubaan yg gagal; an ~ president, presiden yg tdk cekap. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| work | 7. perform without failing, succeed, berjaya; (of filing, coding, etc, systems) berkesan: I don’t think the plan will ~, but we can try it, saya tdk fikir rancangan itu akan berjaya, tetapi kita boleh mencuba; terror tactics won’t ~ against the government, taktik ugutan tdk akan berjaya menentang kerajaan; our filing system ~s well, sistem fail kami berkesan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| efficacious | adj berkesan; (of medicine, remedy) mujarab, mustajab, manjur. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |