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effect [ e·ffect ]
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1. A change which is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.
politicians have some effect on the lives of ordinary people
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2. The state of being or becoming operative.
The revisions take effect from this week, says a bank press release.
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3. The extent to which something succeeds or is operative.
He is trotted out to play a hulking but child-like soldier to no great effect.
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4. A physical phenomenon, typically named after its discoverer.
the Renner effect
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5. An impression produced in the mind of a person.
Plastic objects fail to give a soothing effect on the mind, according to him.
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6. (effects) The lighting, sound, or scenery used in a play, film, or broadcast.
The effects of these films leave us in states of astonishment.
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7. (effects) Personal belongings.
Few personal effects are visible - it looks as if he has just moved in.
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1. Cause (something) to happen; bring about.
The protracted rebel war in the north of Uganda has effected many changes.
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1. For an explanation of the difference between effect and affect, see affect
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1. Late Middle English from Old French, or from Latin effectus, from efficere ‘accomplish’, from ex- ‘out, thoroughly’ + facere ‘do, make’. effect (sense 3 of the noun), ‘personal belongings’, arose from the obsolete sense ‘something acquired on completion of an action’.
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