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Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result. | |||
The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result; influence: The drug had an immediate effect on the pain. The government's action had no effect on the trade imbalance. | |||
A scientific law, hypothesis, or phenomenon: the photovoltaic effect. | |||
Advantage; avail: used her words to great effect in influencing the jury. | |||
The condition of being in full force or execution: a new regulation that goes into effect tomorrow. | |||
Something that produces a specific impression or supports a general design or intention: The lighting effects emphasized the harsh atmosphere of the drama. | |||
A particular impression: large windows that gave an effect of spaciousness. | |||
Production of a desired impression: spent lavishly on dinner just for effect. | |||
The basic or general meaning; import: He said he was greatly worried, or words to that effect. | |||
effects Movable belongings; goods. | |||
tr.v. ef·fect·ed, ef·fect·ing, ef·fects | |||
To bring into existence. | |||
To produce as a result. | |||
To bring about. See Usage Note at affect1. | |||
Idiom: | |||
in effect | |||
In essence; to all purposes: testimony that in effect contradicted her earlier statement. | |||
Synonyms: ''effect, consequence, result, outcome, upshot, sequel'' - These nouns denote an occurrence, situation, or condition that is caused by an antecedent: | |||
An ''effect'' is produced by the action of an agent or a cause and follows it in time. | |||
A ''consequence'' has a less sharply definable relationship to its cause. | |||
A ''result'' is viewed as the end product of the operation of the cause. | |||
An ''outcome'' more strongly implies finality and may suggest the operation of a cause over a relatively long period. | |||
An ''upshot'' is a decisive result, often of the nature of a climax. | |||
A ''sequel'' is a consequence that ensues after a lapse of time. | |||
Something brought about by a cause or an agent; a result. | |||
The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result; influence. | |||
A scientific law, hypothesis, or phenomenon. | |||
The condition of being in full force or execution. | |||
Something which produces a specific impression or supports a general design or intention. | |||
v. ef·fect·ed, ef·fect·ing, ef·fects | |||
To bring into existence. | |||
To produce as a result. | |||
To bring about. | |||
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Revision as of 12:32, 8 April 2006
Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result. The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result; influence: The drug had an immediate effect on the pain. The government's action had no effect on the trade imbalance. A scientific law, hypothesis, or phenomenon: the photovoltaic effect. Advantage; avail: used her words to great effect in influencing the jury. The condition of being in full force or execution: a new regulation that goes into effect tomorrow.
Something that produces a specific impression or supports a general design or intention: The lighting effects emphasized the harsh atmosphere of the drama. A particular impression: large windows that gave an effect of spaciousness. Production of a desired impression: spent lavishly on dinner just for effect. The basic or general meaning; import: He said he was greatly worried, or words to that effect. effects Movable belongings; goods.
tr.v. ef·fect·ed, ef·fect·ing, ef·fects To bring into existence. To produce as a result. To bring about. See Usage Note at affect1.
Idiom: in effect In essence; to all purposes: testimony that in effect contradicted her earlier statement.
Synonyms: effect, consequence, result, outcome, upshot, sequel - These nouns denote an occurrence, situation, or condition that is caused by an antecedent:
An effect is produced by the action of an agent or a cause and follows it in time.
A consequence has a less sharply definable relationship to its cause.
A result is viewed as the end product of the operation of the cause.
An outcome more strongly implies finality and may suggest the operation of a cause over a relatively long period.
An upshot is a decisive result, often of the nature of a climax.
A sequel is a consequence that ensues after a lapse of time.
Something brought about by a cause or an agent; a result. The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result; influence. A scientific law, hypothesis, or phenomenon. The condition of being in full force or execution. Something which produces a specific impression or supports a general design or intention.
v. ef·fect·ed, ef·fect·ing, ef·fects To bring into existence. To produce as a result. To bring about.