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English

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Pronunciation


Etymology

From {{term|effect||lang=fro}} (French: effet), from {{term|effectus||lang=la}}

Noun

  1. The result or outcome of a cause. See #Usage notes|usage notes below.
  2. : The effect of the hurricane was a devastated landscape.
  3. An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
  4. : ''The effect of flying was most convincing.
  5. An alteration in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
  6. : I use an echo effect here to make the sound more mysterious.
  7. A device for producing an alteration in sound produced by an instrument.
  8. : I just bought a couple of great effects.
  9. The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
  10. : The new law will come into effect on the first day of next year.


Related terms


Translations

Verb

  1. To make or bring about; to implement.
  2. : The best way to effect change is to work with existing stakeholders.


Usage notes

Do not confuse effect with “affect”. The latter is used to convey the influence over existing ideas, emotions and entities; the former indicates the manifestation of new or original ideas or entities:

  • “...new governing coalitions have effected major changes” indicates that major changes were made as a result of new governing coalitions.
  • “...new governing coalitions have affected major changes” indicates that before new governing coalitions, major changes were in place, and that the new governing coalitions had some influence over these existing changes.


Synonyms


Translations

Category:1000 English basic words

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Effect \Ef*fect"\, n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to
effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also
spelled effect. See Fact.]
1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the
law goes into effect in May.
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That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
The effect and it. --Shak.
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2. Manifestation; expression; sign.
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All the large effects
That troop with majesty. --Shak.
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3. In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause;
the event which follows immediately from an antecedent,
called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as,
the effect of luxury.
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The effect is the unfailing index of the amount of
the cause. --Whewell.
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4. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
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Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical effect.
--J. C.
Shairp.
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The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely
nature of the place. --W. Irving.
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5. Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance;
account; as, to speak with effect.
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6. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; --
with to.
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They spake to her to that effect. --2 Chron.
xxxiv. 22.
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7. The purport; the sum and substance. "The effect of his
intent." --Chaucer.

8. Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere
appearance.
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No other in effect than what it seems. --Denham.
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9. pl. Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to
embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people
escaped from the town with their effects.
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For effect, for an exaggerated impression or excitement.

In effect, in fact; in substance. See 8, above.

Of no effect, Of none effect, To no effect, or {Without
effect}, destitute of results, validity, force, and the like;
vain; fruitless. "Making the word of God of none effect
through your tradition." --Mark vii. 13. "All my study be
to no effect." --Shak.

To give effect to, to make valid; to carry out in practice;
to push to its results.

To take effect, to become operative, to accomplish aims.
--Shak.

Syn: Effect, Consequence, Result.

Usage: These words indicate things which arise out of some
antecedent, or follow as a consequent. Effect, which
may be regarded as the generic term, denotes that
which springs directly from something which can
properly be termed a cause. A consequence is more
remote, not being strictly caused, nor yet a mere
sequence, but following out of and following
indirectly, or in the train of events, something on
which it truly depends. A result is still more remote
and variable, like the rebound of an elastic body
which falls in very different directions. We may
foresee the effects of a measure, may conjecture its
consequences, but can rarely discover its final
results.
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Resolving all events, with their effects
And manifold results, into the will
And arbitration wise of the Supreme. --Cowper.
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Shun the bitter consequence, for know,
The day thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt
die. --Milton.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Effect \Ef*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effected; p. pr. & vb.
n. Effecting.]
1. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
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So great a body such exploits to effect. --Daniel.
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2. To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to
accomplish.
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To effect that which the divine counsels had
decreed. --Bp. Hurd.
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They sailed away without effecting their purpose.
--Jowett (Th.
).

Syn: To accomplish; fulfill; achieve; complete; execute;
perform; attain. See Accomplish.
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WordNet effect
n 1: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous
phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the
rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing
consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after
the event" [syn: consequence, outcome, result, event,
issue, upshot]
2: an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I
wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained
that bold effect in her reproductions of the original
painting" [syn: impression]
3: (of a law) having legal validity; "the law is still in
effect" [syn: force]
4: a symptom caused by an illness or a drug; "the effects of
sleep loss"; "the effect of the anesthetic"
5: an impression (especially one that is artificial or
contrived); "he just did it for effect"
6: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
[syn: essence, burden, core, gist]
v 1: produce; "The scientists set up a shockwave" [syn: effectuate,
bring about, set up]
2: act so as to bring into existence; "effect a change"
Moby Dictionary
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administer , affective meaning , aftereffect , aftermath , aim ,
ambition , amperage , angle , animus , apodosis , armipotence , artifact ,
ascendancy , aspect , aspiration , at bottom , attain , author ,
authority , basically , bear , bearing , beef , beget , black power ,
brainchild , breed , bring , bring about , bring forth , bring off ,
bring on , bring to effect , bring to pass , brute force , call forth ,
capacity , carry out , carry through , catastrophe , cause , ceasing ,
cessation , charge , charisma , charm , child , clout , coda , cogence ,
cogency , coinage , coloring , commit , compass , complete , composition ,
compulsion , conceive , conclusion , concoction , configuration ,
connotation , consequence , constitute , consummate , consummation ,
contrive , control , corollary , counsel , crack of doom , create ,
creation , creature , credit , crowning achievement , culmination ,
curtain , curtains , deal with , death , decease , denotation ,
denouement , descendant , desideration , desideratum , design , desire ,
destination , destiny , determination , development , dint , discharge ,
dispatch , dispose of , distillation , do , do the job , do the trick ,
do to , dominance , domination , doom , draw down , draw on , drift ,
drive , duress , dynasty , effectively , effectiveness , effectuality ,
effectuate , efficacy , eidolon , elicit , eminence , enact ,
enchantment , end , end point , end product , ending , energy , enforce ,
engender , envoi , epilogue , eschatology , essence , essentially ,
establish , esteem , event , eventuality , evoke , execute , expiration ,
extension , extract , facet , fashion , fate , father , favor , feature ,
fetch , figure , fill out , final solution , final twitch , final words ,
finale , finality , finis , finish , fixed purpose , flower power ,
force , force majeure , forcefulness , form , found , fruit , fulfill ,
full blast , full force , function , generate , gestalt , gestate , get ,
gist , give birth to , give origin to , give rise to , go and do , goal ,
good feeling , grammatical meaning , guise , handiwork , heir , hold ,
honor , idea , image , imago , impact , implement , implication , import ,
importance , impression , in effect , in truth , inaugurate , incept ,
incidental power , induce , inflict , influence , influentiality ,
insinuation , inspire , install , instigate , institute , intendment ,
intension , intent , intention , invention , invoke , issue , izzard ,
knock off , last , last breath , last gasp , last things , last trumpet ,
last words , latter end , lead , leadership , leverage ,
lexical meaning , light , likeness , line , lineage , lineaments ,
literal meaning , look , magnetism , main force , main strength , make ,
make out , mana , manage , manner , manufacture , masterpiece ,
masterwork , mastery , materialize , meaning , might , might and main ,
mightiness , mind , mintage , moment , more or less , motivate , motive ,
moxie , muscle power , new mintage , nisus , object , objective ,
observe , obtain , occasion , offspring , omega , opera , opus , opuscule ,
organize , originate , origination , outcome , outgrowth , overtone ,
pay , payoff , perform , period , peroration , perpetrate , personality ,
persuasion , pertinence , phase , phasis , pith , pizzazz , plan , point ,
polish off , poop , posterity , potence , potency , potentiality , power ,
power pack , power structure , power struggle , powerfulness ,
practical consequence , precipitate , predominance , preponderance ,
prepotency , pressure , prestige , procure , produce , product ,
production , productiveness , productivity , project , promulgate ,
proposal , prosecute , prospectus , provoke , puissance , pull ,
pull off , punch , purchase , purport , purpose , pursuance , push ,
put away , put in force , put through , quietus , ramification ,
range of meaning , real meaning , realize , really , reference ,
referent , regard , reign , relation , relevance , render , repercussion ,
repute , resolution , resolve , respect , resting place , result , rule ,
sake , say , scope , secure , seeming , semantic cluster ,
semantic field , semblance , sensation , sense , sequel , sequence ,
set afloat , set on foot , set up , shape , side , significance ,
signification , significatum , signifie , simulacrum , sinew , sire ,
slant , so to speak , span of meaning , spirit , steam , stoppage ,
stopping place , strength , striving , strong arm , structural meaning ,
study , style , suasion , substance , subtle influence , succeed ,
successor , suggestion , sum , sum and substance , superinduce ,
superiority , superpower , supremacy , swan song , sway ,
symbolic meaning , take and do , take care of , take effect , tenor ,
term , terminal , termination , terminus , things , total effect ,
totality of associations , transact , transferred meaning , truly ,
turn out , turn the trick , twist , unadorned meaning , undertone ,
up and do , upper hand , upshot , validity , value , vehemence , view ,
viewpoint , vigor , vim , virility , virtually , virtue , virulence ,
vitality , wattage , weight , whip hand , will , windup , wise , work ,
work out , wreak , yield


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