effect
IPA: ɪfˈɛkt
noun
- The result or outcome of a cause.
- Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
- Execution; performance; realization; operation.
- (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
- (cinematography, computer graphics, demoscene) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
- (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
- (physics, psychology, etc.) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
- (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
- Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
- (obsolete) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
- (obsolete) Manifestation; expression; sign.
verb
- (transitive) To make or bring about; to implement.
- Misspelling of affect. [(transitive) To influence or alter.]
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Examples of "effect" in Sentences
- The effects impact both the body and the mind.
- The effect of the impact increased to a multitude.
- The result is somewhat similar to the placebo effect.
- The effects are the results of power and intelligence.
- The depression of the early 1930s had a positive effect on the tannery.
- The center position of the gear release prohibits the ratcheting effect.
- Litz wire reduces the impact of the skin effect and the proximity effect.
- Progression is the increase of the proportion of the effect to the result.
- The effect of wistful intimacy is not a result of improvisational looseness.
- Sensors sense the effective or ineffective position of the respective system.
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