effect
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
effect/ɪˈfekt/
▶noun
- 1 a change which is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.
■ an impression produced in a person's mind: his words had a soothing effect.
- 2 the state of being or becoming operative: the law came into effect.
■ the extent to which something succeeds or is operative.
- 3 (effects) the lighting, sound, or scenery used in a play or film.
- 4 (effects) personal belongings.
- 5 Physics a physical phenomenon, typically named after its discoverer: the Coriolis effect.
– phrases
for effect in order to impress people.
in effect in practice, even if not formally acknowledged.
to the effect that the general sense or meaning of something written or spoken being.
to that effect having the result or meaning specified.
for effect in order to impress people.
in effect in practice, even if not formally acknowledged.
to the effect that the general sense or meaning of something written or spoken being.
to that effect having the result or meaning specified.
– origin ME: from OFr., or from L. effectus, from effect-, efficere ‘accomplish’.
usage: On the confusion of effect with affect, see affect1.
'effect' also found in these Oxford entries:
absorb
- abuse
- acausal
- act
- action
- active
- affect
- after-effect
- aftertouch
- agent
- alienation
- allelochemical
- amuse
- anaglyph
- anticoagulant
- attenuate
- attitudinize
- autocrine
- aversion therapy
- baleful
- balm
- bay
- bear
- belles-lettres
- benign neglect
- bikini
- bioactive
- bioassay
- bioavailability
- bite
- bluster
- booster
- brainwash
- breath
- butterfly effect
- calcitonin
- calculate
- calmative
- cancel
- caricature
- carrier
- cartoon
- cast
- catch
- causality
- causation
- cause
- chasten
- chromatic aberration
- cinéma-vérité
