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verb əˈfɛktəˈfɛkt [with object]1Have an effect on; make a difference to. the dampness began to affect my health with clause your attitude will affect how successful you are Example sentencesExamples - Apart from the physical effects, he admits his mental health has also been affected.
- A variety of factors can affect how much you pay for insurance, such as where you live, the age and health of your animal and the level of cover you require.
- Sheila said the pub would continue fundraising but this year's effort had been affected by the effect of the scam.
- It is possible that the difference in setting could affect the way personal topics impact on participation rates.
- Research from the United States suggests that the neighbourhood you live in can affect how well your children perform at school.
- The demand has also been affected because of the effects of the energy crisis in the year 1973.
- Personal mission statements can drive us and affect how we conduct daily journalism.
- In this way, the tank fulfills both the physical and the psychological effects needed to affect the enemy's will to fight.
- Battlefield effects on soldiers affected everyone - veterans and young soldiers alike.
- Differences in environment or health status may affect how people respond to subjective assessments.
- It is not just the physical effect of rain that affects us all, it is the gloom that goes with it.
- The effects of the hunger affected each of their kind differently.
- Since then, science, health, medicine and technology - and how they affect how we all live - have become central themes on the programme.
- I needed a place to fully explore cultural differences that affected me as a therapist.
- This is beginning to affect how the law determines which of these relationships should be given legal recognition.
- The city has been affected by after effects of the quake, with over 200 casualties reported by police and hospital sources.
- Towns said the new rule would not affect how his team conducted its attacking or defensive penalty-corners.
- The murder rates of the U.S. and U.K. are also affected by differences in the way each counts homicides.
- Eventually, our ordinary people will be affected with adverse effects on our still fragile economy.
- These flow-rate differences affect the glaciers' surface topography.
Synonyms influence, exert influence on, have an effect on, act on, work on, condition, touch, have an impact on, impact on, take hold of, attack, infect, strike, strike at, hit change, alter, modify, transform, form, shape, control, govern, determine, decide, guide, sway, bias - 1.1 Touch the feelings of; move emotionally.
he was visibly affected by the tragedy Example sentencesExamples - I do not remember the last time I was so viscerally affected by a literary account of another person's experience.
- Salinger's book has powerfully affected, and still affects, so many generations of readers.
- Despite admitting to affairs in his rock-star years, he remains terribly affected by her death.
- Alison, who is visibly affected by the reappearance of her old lover, at first tries to avoid him.
- But these are the stories that affected me, that moved me, that stayed with me.
- When I saw the documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11," I was really affected by it.
- I was really affected and touched by the sound of her voice, which differed from any conventional idea of a beautiful voice.
Synonyms upset, trouble, hit hard, overwhelm, devastate, damage, hurt, pain, grieve, sadden, distress, disturb, perturb, agitate, shake, shake up, stir move, touch, tug at someone's heartstrings make an impression on informal knock for six, knock back, bowl over, throw, faze, get to touching, moving, emotive, powerful, stirring, impressive, telling, soul-stirring, uplifting, heart-warming poignant, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, plaintive, emotional, tear-jerking, heart-rending, heartbreaking, disturbing, distressing, upsetting, saddening, sad, painful, agonizing, harrowing, tragic, haunting
Usage Affect and effect are quite different in meaning, though frequently confused. Affect is primarily a verb meaning ‘make a difference to’, as in their gender need not affect their career. Effect, on the other hand, is used both as a noun and a verb, meaning ‘a result’ as a noun (move the cursor until you get the effect you want) or ‘bring about a result’ as a verb (growth in the economy can only be effected by stringent economic controls) Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'attack as a disease'): from French affecter or Latin affect- 'influenced, affected', from the verb afficere (see affect2). Rhymes bisect, bull-necked, collect, confect, connect, correct, defect, deflect, deject, detect, direct, effect, eject, elect, erect, expect, infect, inflect, inject, inspect, interconnect, interject, intersect, misdirect, neglect, object, perfect, project, prospect, protect, reflect, reject, respect, resurrect, sect, select, subject, suspect, transect, unchecked, Utrecht verb əˈfɛktəˈfɛkt [with object]1Pretend to have or feel (something) as usual I affected a supreme unconcern with infinitive a book that affects to loathe the modern world Example sentencesExamples - The boy then sat on top of the pillow, affecting an air of supreme indifference.
- One can affect unawareness, feign indifference or summon up some other defense against such entreaties.
- Although the author affects befuddlement, his book demonstrates an unfaltering sense of self.
- But he has always affected a public air of unconcern whenever the subject comes up.
- These affect an air of tired superiority in a world of unoriginal humorists.
Synonyms pretend, feign, fake, counterfeit, sham, simulate, fabricate, give the appearance of, make a show of, make a pretence of, play at, go through the motions of informal put on North American informal make like - 1.1 Use, wear, or assume (something) pretentiously or so as to make an impression on others.
an Anglophile who had affected a British accent Example sentencesExamples - He wasn't accepted, even when he affected an accent.
- Sometimes you become very aware that you're watching an actor affecting crazy mannerisms in a crazy movie.
- Her haughty tone affected the third voice, giving him the impression that she was annoyed.
- He has enough shirt buttons undone to wear a medallion, but instead affects a necklace.
- Rosalinda, who was also invited to the party, arrives there, affecting the airs of a Hungarian countess.
Synonyms assume, put on, take on, adopt, like, have a liking for, embrace, espouse
Origin Late Middle English: from French affecter or Latin affectare 'aim at', frequentative of afficere 'work on, influence', from ad- 'at, to' + facere 'do'. The original sense was 'like, love', hence '(like to) use, assume, etc.'. noun ˈafɛkt mass nounPsychology Emotion or desire as influencing behaviour. Example sentencesExamples - There has also been a need to begin to integrate a focus on affect in behavioral couples therapy.
- This, says Jung, is because they confuse feeling with emotion or affect.
- We have come a long way from Freud's affect theory to viewing emotions as joining and integrating minds.
- A third component of reactive aggression is affect, and specifically anger.
- By triggering affect and emotion, intolerant behaviors are set in motion.
Origin Late 19th century: coined in German from Latin affectus 'disposition', from afficere 'to influence' (see affect2). verbəˈfɛktəˈfekt [with object]1Have an effect on; make a difference to. the dampness began to affect my health with clause your attitude will affect how successful you are Example sentencesExamples - A variety of factors can affect how much you pay for insurance, such as where you live, the age and health of your animal and the level of cover you require.
- The murder rates of the U.S. and U.K. are also affected by differences in the way each counts homicides.
- Since then, science, health, medicine and technology - and how they affect how we all live - have become central themes on the programme.
- Battlefield effects on soldiers affected everyone - veterans and young soldiers alike.
- It is possible that the difference in setting could affect the way personal topics impact on participation rates.
- It is not just the physical effect of rain that affects us all, it is the gloom that goes with it.
- The city has been affected by after effects of the quake, with over 200 casualties reported by police and hospital sources.
- The effects of the hunger affected each of their kind differently.
- Eventually, our ordinary people will be affected with adverse effects on our still fragile economy.
- These flow-rate differences affect the glaciers' surface topography.
- Research from the United States suggests that the neighbourhood you live in can affect how well your children perform at school.
- Towns said the new rule would not affect how his team conducted its attacking or defensive penalty-corners.
- Personal mission statements can drive us and affect how we conduct daily journalism.
- Apart from the physical effects, he admits his mental health has also been affected.
- This is beginning to affect how the law determines which of these relationships should be given legal recognition.
- The demand has also been affected because of the effects of the energy crisis in the year 1973.
- Sheila said the pub would continue fundraising but this year's effort had been affected by the effect of the scam.
- Differences in environment or health status may affect how people respond to subjective assessments.
- I needed a place to fully explore cultural differences that affected me as a therapist.
- In this way, the tank fulfills both the physical and the psychological effects needed to affect the enemy's will to fight.
Synonyms affect, influence, exert influence on, act on, work on, condition, touch, have an impact on, impact on, take hold of, attack, infect, strike, strike at, hit influence, exert influence on, have an effect on, act on, work on, condition, touch, have an impact on, impact on, take hold of, attack, infect, strike, strike at, hit - 1.1 Touch the feelings of (someone); move emotionally.
the atrocities he witnessed have affected him most deeply Example sentencesExamples - Alison, who is visibly affected by the reappearance of her old lover, at first tries to avoid him.
- When I saw the documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11," I was really affected by it.
- Despite admitting to affairs in his rock-star years, he remains terribly affected by her death.
- I do not remember the last time I was so viscerally affected by a literary account of another person's experience.
- But these are the stories that affected me, that moved me, that stayed with me.
- Salinger's book has powerfully affected, and still affects, so many generations of readers.
- I was really affected and touched by the sound of her voice, which differed from any conventional idea of a beautiful voice.
Synonyms touching, moving, emotive, powerful, stirring, impressive, telling, soul-stirring, uplifting, heart-warming upset, trouble, hit hard, overwhelm, devastate, damage, hurt, pain, grieve, sadden, distress, disturb, perturb, agitate, shake, shake up, stir
Usage Affect and effect are both verbs and nouns, but only effect is common as a noun, usually meaning ‘a result, consequence, impression, etc.’: my father's warnings had no effect on my adventurousness. The noun affect is restricted almost entirely to psychology (see affect). As verbs, they are used differently. Affect most commonly means ‘produce an effect on, influence’: smoking during pregnancy can affect the baby's development. Affect also means ‘pretend to have or feel (something)’ (see affect): she affected a concern for those who had lost their jobs. Effect means ‘bring about’: the negotiators effected an agreement despite many difficulties Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘attack as a disease’): from French affecter or Latin affect- ‘influenced, affected’, from the verb afficere (see affect). verbəˈfɛktəˈfekt [with object]1Pretend to have or feel (something) as usual I affected a supreme unconcern with infinitive a book that affects to loathe the modern world Example sentencesExamples - One can affect unawareness, feign indifference or summon up some other defense against such entreaties.
- Although the author affects befuddlement, his book demonstrates an unfaltering sense of self.
- The boy then sat on top of the pillow, affecting an air of supreme indifference.
- These affect an air of tired superiority in a world of unoriginal humorists.
- But he has always affected a public air of unconcern whenever the subject comes up.
Synonyms pretend, feign, fake, counterfeit, sham, simulate, fabricate, give the appearance of, make a show of, make a pretence of, play at, go through the motions of - 1.1 Use, wear, or assume (something) pretentiously or so as to make an impression on others.
an American who had affected a British accent Example sentencesExamples - He wasn't accepted, even when he affected an accent.
- He has enough shirt buttons undone to wear a medallion, but instead affects a necklace.
- Her haughty tone affected the third voice, giving him the impression that she was annoyed.
- Sometimes you become very aware that you're watching an actor affecting crazy mannerisms in a crazy movie.
- Rosalinda, who was also invited to the party, arrives there, affecting the airs of a Hungarian countess.
Synonyms assume, put on, take on, adopt, like, have a liking for, embrace, espouse
Origin Late Middle English: from French affecter or Latin affectare ‘aim at’, frequentative of afficere ‘work on, influence’, from ad- ‘at, to’ + facere ‘do’. The original sense was ‘like, love’, hence ‘(like to) use, assume, etc.’. noun Psychology Emotion or desire, especially as influencing behavior or action. Example sentencesExamples - This, says Jung, is because they confuse feeling with emotion or affect.
- There has also been a need to begin to integrate a focus on affect in behavioral couples therapy.
- By triggering affect and emotion, intolerant behaviors are set in motion.
- We have come a long way from Freud's affect theory to viewing emotions as joining and integrating minds.
- A third component of reactive aggression is affect, and specifically anger.
Origin Late 19th century: coined in German from Latin affectus ‘disposition’, from afficere ‘to influence’ (see affect). |