effectuate

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪˈfɛktʃueɪt/ UK /ɪˈfɛktʃueɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to cause to happen; to bring about or accomplish

The new statute was passed to effectuate the court's ruling.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to cause to happen; to... accomplish achieve effect realizebring aboutexecute implement

Opposites

prevent thwart hinder

Word family

Derived forms effectuation

Related forms effect effectual effective

Etymology

From Medieval Latin effectuātus, past participle of effectuāre ('to bring about'), from Latin effectus ('result'), from efficere ('to accomplish').

effectus Latin efficere Latin facere Latin

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# effectuate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪˈfɛktʃueɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˈfɛktʃueɪt/

## Meanings
1. to cause to happen; to bring about or accomplish

## Examples
- The new statute was passed to effectuate the court's ruling.

## Synonyms
- accomplish
- achieve
- effect
- realize
- bring about
- execute
- implement

## Antonyms
- prevent
- thwart
- hinder

## Derived Forms
- effectuation

## Related Forms
- effect
- effectual
- effective

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: effectus
- Root: efficere
- Root: facere

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin effectuātus, past participle of effectuāre ('to bring about'), from Latin effectus ('result'), from efficere ('to accomplish').

## AI Etymology
Effectuate is from Medieval Latin effectuātus, past participle of effectuāre ('to bring about'), from Latin effectus ('result'), from efficere ('to accomplish'). Important recorded forms include effectus (Latin), efficere (Latin), and facere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to cause to happen; to bring about or accomplish. The wider family includes derived forms such as effectuation and related words such as effect, effectual, and effective.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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