side-effect

side-ef·fect

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sahyd ih-fekt]
- /saɪd ɪˈfɛkt/
- /saɪd ɪˈfekt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sahyd ih-fekt]
- /saɪd ɪˈfɛkt/

Definitions of side-effect word

noun side-effect any effect of a drug, chemical, or other medicine that is in addition to its intended effect, especially an effect that is harmful or unpleasant. 1
noun side-effect any accompanying or consequential and usually detrimental effect: the side effects of air pollution. 1
countable noun side-effect The side-effects of a drug are the effects, usually bad ones, that the drug has on you in addition to its function of curing illness or pain. 0
countable noun side-effect A side-effect of a situation is something unplanned and usually unpleasant that happens in addition to the main effects of that situation. 0
noun side-effect any unwanted nontherapeutic effect caused by a drug 0
noun side-effect any secondary effect, esp an undesirable one 0

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Origin of side-effect

First appearance:

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

First recorded in 1880-85

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Parts of speech for Side-effect

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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side-effect popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 62% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.