EFFECT
\ɪfˈɛkt], \ɪfˈɛkt], \ɪ_f_ˈɛ_k_t]\
Definitions of EFFECT
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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cause to happen or occur; "The scientists set up a shockwave"
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a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"
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an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect"
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a symptom caused by an illness or a drug; "the effects of sleep loss"; "the effect of the anesthetic"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"
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an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect"
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a symptom caused by an illness or a drug; "the effects of sleep loss"; "the effect of the anesthetic"
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produce; "The scientists set up a shockwave"
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act so as to bring into existence; "effect a change"
By Princeton University
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Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.
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Manifestation; expression; sign.
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In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.
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Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
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Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.
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The purport; the sum and substance.
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Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
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To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
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To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.
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Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; - with to.
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Goods; movables; personal estate; - sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.
By Oddity Software
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Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.
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Manifestation; expression; sign.
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In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.
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Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
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Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.
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The purport; the sum and substance.
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Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
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To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
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To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.
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Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; - with to.
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Goods; movables; personal estate; - sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.
By Noah Webster.
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To produce as a cause, consequence, or result; accomplish; bring about.
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Result; purpose; impression.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That which is produced by an operating agent or cause: the result or consequence of the application of a cause or of the action of an agent on some subject: consequence: result: as, the effect of luxury, of intemperance, of cold, etc.: he spoke with great effect: the effect of this war was the breaking up of the kingdom. "Effect is the substance produced, or simple idea introduced into any subject by the exerting of power."-Locke. Power to-produce consequences or results: force: validity: importance: account: as, the obligation is void and of no effect. "Christ is become of no effect to you."-Gal. v. 4. Purport: tenor: import or general intent: as, he made the purchase for his friend, and immediately wrote him to that effect: his speech was to the effect that, etc.: completion: perfection. "Not so worthily to be brought to heroical effect by fortune or necessity."-Sir P. Sidney. Reality: not mere appearance: fact: substance. "No other in effect than what it seems."-Denham. "To say of a celebrated piece that there are faults in it, is, in effect, to say the author is a man."-Addison. The impression produced on the mind, as by natural scenery, a picture, musical composition, or other work or art, by the object as a whole, before its details are examined: the ensemble or general result of all the qualities of a work of art. "The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place."-W. Irving. (pl.) Goods: movables: personal estate: as, the people escaped from the iown with their effects.
By Daniel Lyons
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Something done; result; operation; impression.
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To accomplish; bring to pass.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To cause; product; achieve; accomplish.
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Aresult; product; consequence.
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The substance of a statement; gist.
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Fact or reality; following in.
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Movable goods.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] That which is produced by an agent or cause; result; consequence; event; impression produced;—purpose; general intention;—profit; advantage;—force; validity; efficiency -reality; actual fact;—pl. Goods; movables ; personal estate.
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