1. A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
   "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"
   - consequence, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot 
2. An outward appearance
   "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting"
   - impression 
3. An impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
   "he just did it for effect" 
4. The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
   - essence, burden, core, gist 
5. (of a law) having legal validity
   "the law is still in effect"
   - force 
6. A symptom caused by an illness or a drug
   "the effects of sleep loss"; "the effect of the anaesthetic"

1. Produce
   - effectuate, set up 
2. Act so as to bring into existence
   "effect a change"

Sounds like: affect

Derived forms: effecting, effects, effected

See also: effecter, effective

Type of: act, appearance, belief, cause, do, feeling, import, impression, make, meaning, move, notion, opinion, phenomenon, significance, signification, symptom, validity, validness, visual aspect

Encyclopedia: Effect

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