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affect

/əˈfɛkt/

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What does affect mean?

verb

  1. To influence or alter.
  2. To move to emotion.
  3. Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
More meanings (12)

verb

  1. To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.
  2. To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.
  3. (archaic) To dispose or incline.
  4. (archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
  5. (archaic) To assign; to appoint.
  6. (archaic) To feign or pretend.
  7. (obsolete) To aim for, to try to obtain.
  8. (rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
  9. (obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose.

noun

  1. A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.
  2. (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
  3. (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.
Frederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveProject Gutenberg ebook #23
Without her it was inevitable that the reaction from the long strain to which he had subjected himself should affect him disastrously.
Thomas HardyJude the ObscureProject Gutenberg ebook #153
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.
Alexis de TocquevilleDemocracy in America — Volume 1Translated by Henry ReeveProject Gutenberg ebook #815
If you dream of casting a vote on any measure, you will be engulfed in a commotion which will affect your community.
Gustavus Hindman MillerTen Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream A Scientific and Practical ExpositionProject Gutenberg ebook #926
Abnormal conditions for match play always tend to affect the better player more than the poorer, and bring play to a level.
William T. (William Tatem) TildenThe Art of Lawn TennisProject Gutenberg ebook #1451