effect
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
effect
- The result or outcome of a cause.
- The effect of the hurricane was a devastated landscape.
- Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
- patchwork […] introduced for oratorical effect
- The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place.
- Execution; performance; realization; operation.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene v]:
- That no compunctious visitings of nature / Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between / The effect and it.
- (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
- The new law will come into effect on the first day of next year.
- (filmology) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
- The effect of flying was most convincing.
- (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
- I use an echo effect here to make the sound more mysterious.
- I just bought a couple of great effects.
- (physics, psychology, etc.) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
- Doppler effect
- (usually, in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
- Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, 2 Chronicles 34:22 ↗:
- They spake to her to that effect.
- (obsolete) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
- no other in effect than what it seems
- (obsolete) Manifestation; expression; sign.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene i]:
- All the large effects / That troop with majesty.
- French: effet
- German: Auswirkung, Wirkung
- Italian: effetto
- Portuguese: efeito
- Russian: эффе́кт
- Spanish: efecto
- French: effet
- German: Effekt
- Portuguese: efeitos especiais
- Russian: эффе́кт
- Spanish: efectos, efectos especiales
- French: effets
- Portuguese: pertence
- Spanish: pertenencias
effect (effects, present participle effecting; past and past participle effected)
- (transitive) To make or bring about; to implement.
- The best way to effect change is to work with existing stakeholders.
- Misspelling of affect
- effective
- effectiveness
- effectivity
- effector
- effectual
- effectuate
- efficacious
- efficacity
- efficacy
- efficiency
- efficient
- French: effectuer
- German: bewirken
- Italian: effettuare
- Portuguese: efetuar, efectivar
- Spanish: efectuar
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