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effects

ef·fects
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ih-fekts]
    • /ɪˈfɛkts/
    • /ɪˈfekt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ih-fekts]
    • /ɪˈfɛkts/

Definitions of effects word

  • noun effects something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin. 1
  • noun effects power to produce results; efficacy; force; validity; influence: His protest had no effect. 1
  • noun effects the state of being operative or functional; operation or execution; accomplishment or fulfillment: to bring a plan into effect. 1
  • noun effects a mental or emotional impression produced, as by a painting or a speech. 1
  • noun effects meaning or sense; purpose or intention: She disapproved of the proposal and wrote to that effect. 1
  • noun effects the making of a desired impression: We had the feeling that the big, expensive car was only for effect. 1

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Parts of speech for Effects

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

effects popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for effects

noun effects

  • goods — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
  • paraphernalia — (sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
  • things — (in Scandinavian countries) a public meeting or assembly, especially a legislative assembly or a court of law.
  • stuff — the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
  • property — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.

Antonyms for effects

verb effects

  • hinders — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
  • stops — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • misses — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
  • ruinsruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
  • vetoes — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.

noun effects

  • causes — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • sources — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
  • commencements — Plural form of commencement.
  • weaknesses — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.

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