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  {
    "word": "efficient",
    "phonetic": "/\u0259\u02c8f\u026a\u0283\u0259nt/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8f\u026a\u0283\u0259nt/",
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      },
      {
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      {
        "text": "/\u0259\u02c8f\u026a\u0283\u0259nt/",
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        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2650896",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
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    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A cause; something that causes an effect",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "An efficient process would automate all the routine work."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The motor is only 20% efficient at that temperature."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Ownership, maintenance, or use of the automobile need not be the direct and efficient cause of the injury sustained"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(old use) effective",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "inefficient"
        ]
      }
    ],
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