EFFECTUATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does effectuation mean? 

• EFFECTUATION (noun)
  The noun EFFECTUATION has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: EFFECTUATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EFFECTUATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

effectuation; implementation

Hypernyms ("effectuation" is a kind of...):

act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "effectuation"):

invocation (the act of appealing for help)

instrumentation (the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation)

motorisation; motorization (the act of motorizing (equiping with motors or with motor vehicles))

agency; means; way (thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end)

practice; praxis (translating an idea into action)

Derivation:

effectuate (produce)