affect
verb OPAL WOPAL S
/əˈfekt/
/əˈfekt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they affect | /əˈfekt/ /əˈfekt/ |
| he / she / it affects | /əˈfekts/ /əˈfekts/ |
| past simple affected | /əˈfektɪd/ /əˈfektɪd/ |
| past participle affected | /əˈfektɪd/ /əˈfektɪd/ |
| -ing form affecting | /əˈfektɪŋ/ /əˈfektɪŋ/ |
- affect somebody/something to produce a change in somebody/something
- How will these changes affect us?
- The article deals with issues affecting the lives of children.
- Thousands of people have been adversely affected (= affected in a negative way) by the decision.
- The quality and health of the soil directly affects the quality and health of the plants.
- Your opinion will not affect my decision.
- The south of the country was worst affected by the drought.
Which Word? affect / effectaffect / effect- affect verb = ‘to have an influence on somebody/something’:
- Does television affect children’s behaviour?
- effect noun = ‘result, influence’:
- Does television have an effect on children’s behaviour?
- effect verb is quite rare and formal and means ‘to achieve or produce’:
- They hope to effect a reconciliation.
Extra Examples- Hopefully this will not affect the outcome of the talks.
- Sales did not seem unduly affected.
- The class structure affects people's attitudes and behaviour.
- decisions that affect all our lives
- developments that are likely to affect the environment
- Education has been severely affected by the war.
- The type of audience will affect what you say and how you say it.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- dramatically
- greatly
- materially
- …
- be likely to
- [often passive] affect somebody/something (of a disease) to attack somebody or a part of the body; to make somebody become ill
- The disease is more likely to affect women than men.
- The condition affects one in five women.
- Rub the cream into the affected areas.
- affect somebody [often passive] to make somebody feel very sad, sorry, etc. about somebody/something
- They were deeply affected by the news of her death.
- Her death affected him deeply.
- Try not to let his problems affect you too much.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deeply
- profoundly
- (formal) to pretend to be feeling or thinking something
- affect something She affected a calmness she did not feel.
- affect to do something We are fascinated by the rich and powerful but often affect to despise them.
- affect something (formal, disapproving) to use or wear something that is intended to impress other people synonym put on
- I wish he wouldn't affect that ridiculous accent.
Word Originsenses 1 to 3 late Middle English (in the sense ‘attack as a disease’): from French affecter or Latin affect- ‘influenced, affected’, from the verb afficere ‘work on, influence’, from ad- ‘at, to’ + facere ‘do’.senses 4 to 5 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.’.