EFFECTUATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does effectuate mean? 

• EFFECTUATE (verb)
  The verb EFFECTUATE has 1 sense:

1. produce

  Familiarity information: EFFECTUATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EFFECTUATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they effectuate    ... he / she / it effectuates   
Past simple: effectuated   
Past participle: effectuated   
-ing form: effectuating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Produce

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

effect; effectuate; set up

Context example:

The scientists set up a shock wave

Hypernyms (to "effectuate" is one way to...):

cause; do; make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)

Cause:

come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "effectuate"):

accomplish; action; carry out; carry through; execute; fulfil; fulfill (put in effect)

draw; get (earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher)

precipitate (bring about abruptly)

hasten; induce; rush; stimulate (cause to occur rapidly)

serve (contribute or conduce to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

effect (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)

effect (a symptom caused by an illness or a drug)

effectuation (the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect)