effectives
USi-FEK-tivz/ɪˈfɛktɪvz/AUSuh-FEK-tivz/əˈfektɪvz/
- 1Plural of effective.
The general reported fewer than two thousand effectives ready for the assault.
Disease had reduced the regiment's effectives by half within a month.
Note
A noun made from the adjective, and as a noun it counts soldiers: effectives are the troops fit for duty, set against the sick, the wounded and anyone else unable to serve. The adjective's other meanings, such as producing an effect or being actually in force, do not give this noun. It sits most naturally beside a number or an owner: two thousand effectives, the regiment's effectives.
effectives is a form of effective
effective, noun: A soldier who is fit for service and available for active duty. Full entry
- Forms
- effectiveeffectives plural
- Spelling
- effective → effectives: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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