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affect
1[ verb uh-fekt; noun af-ekt ]
verb (used with object)
- to act on; produce an effect or change in:
Cold weather affected the crops.
- to impress the mind or move the feelings of:
The music affected him deeply.
- (of pain, disease, etc.) to attack or lay hold of.
noun
- Psychology. feeling or emotion.
- Psychiatry. an expressed or observed emotional response:
Restricted, flat, or blunted affect may be a symptom of mental illness, especially schizophrenia.
- Obsolete. affection; passion; sensation; inclination; inward disposition or feeling.
affect
2[ uh-fekt ]
verb (used with object)
- to give the appearance of; pretend or feign:
to affect knowledge of the situation.
- to assume artificially, pretentiously, or for effect:
to affect a Southern accent.
- to use, wear, or adopt by preference; choose; prefer:
the peculiar costume he affected.
- to assume the character or attitude of:
to affect the freethinker.
- (of things) to tend toward habitually or naturally:
a substance that affects colloidal form.
- (of animals and plants) to occupy or inhabit; live in or on:
Lions affect Africa. Moss affects the northern slopes.
- Archaic.
- to have affection for; fancy.
- to aim at; aspire to.
verb (used without object)
- Obsolete. to incline, tend, or favor (usually followed by to ):
He affects to the old ways.
affect
1verb
- to act upon or influence, esp in an adverse way
damp affected the sparking plugs
- to move or disturb emotionally or mentally
her death affected him greatly
- (of pain, disease, etc) to attack
noun
- psychol the emotion associated with an idea or set of ideas See also affection
affect
2/ əˈfɛkt /
verb
- to put on an appearance or show of; make a pretence of
to affect ignorance
- to imitate or assume, esp pretentiously
to affect an accent
- to have or use by preference
she always affects funereal clothing
- to adopt the character, manner, etc, of
he was always affecting the politician
- (of plants or animals) to live or grow in
penguins affect an arctic climate
- to incline naturally or habitually towards
falling drops of liquid affect roundness
Confusables Note
Other Words From
- af·fecta·ble adjective
- af·fecta·bili·ty noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of affect1
Word History and Origins
Origin of affect1
Origin of affect2
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
But analysts say Ruto, who frequently uses the scriptures to respond to critics, should be wary of a direct confrontation with the churches as even smaller ones can have thousands of followers who could negatively affect his re-election bid.
Will this affect the way I search online?
Could the Trump administration affect Google’s punishment?
For example, there is the question of the extent to which greenhouse gas emissions are caused by plastics production, the extent to which plastics affect biogeochemical cycles in the global oceans or how plastics change the albedo, i.e. how much solar radiation is reflected back from the earth's surface.
A new study published in Nature Climate Change estimates that a 1-meter sea level rise by 2100 would affect over 14 million people and $1 trillion worth of property along the Southeast Atlantic coast, from Norfolk, Virginia, to Miami, Florida.
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