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affect
/əˈfɛkt/
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What does affect mean?
verb
- To influence or alter.
- To move to emotion.
- Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
More meanings (12)
verb
- To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.
- To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.
- (archaic) To dispose or incline.
- (archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
- (archaic) To assign; to appoint.
- (archaic) To feign or pretend.
- (obsolete) To aim for, to try to obtain.
- (rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
- (obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
noun
- A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.
- (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
- (obsolete) A desire, an appetite.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈfɛkt/
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See this word in context.
I told him all the circumstances as well as I could, and it seemed, as I spoke, at times to affect him.
Without her it was inevitable that the reaction from the long strain to which he had subjected himself should affect him disastrously.
More book examples (3)
I cannot better explain my meaning than by saying that the Americans affect a sort of heroism in their manner of trading.
If you dream of casting a vote on any measure, you will be engulfed in a commotion which will affect your community.
Abnormal conditions for match play always tend to affect the better player more than the poorer, and bring play to a level.