English-Dutch translations for efficient

• efficiënt
  U zegt: " wij willen een efficiënt Europa" . You say you want an efficient Europe.
  Dat is efficiënt omgaan met geld. That is dealing with money efficiently.
  Of dat ook efficiënt is, is een andere vraag. Whether it is efficient is another matter.
• lonend
• vakbekwaam

Definition of efficient

• making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy
• expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input
• causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression ''efficient cause'= causative factor or agent
• effective
• a cause; something that causes an effect

Examples

• An efficient process would automate all the routine work
• Our cleaners are almost too efficient: they throw away anything left out on a desk
• The motor is only 20% efficient at that temperature
• Ownership, maintenance, or use of the automobile need not be the direct and efficient cause of the injury sustained

Related words

• coefficient
• inefficient
• efficiently
• ultraefficient
• efficientize
• energy-efficient
• efficient consumer response
• efficient driving
• coefficient of contingency