ALL meanings of affect
af·fect
A a - verb affect If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way. 3
- verb affect If a disease affects someone, it causes them to become ill. 3
- verb affect If something or someone affects you, they make you feel a strong emotion, especially sadness or pity. 3
- verb affect If you affect a particular characteristic or way of behaving, you pretend that it is genuine, or natural for you. 3
- verb affect to act upon or influence, esp in an adverse way 3
- verb affect to move or disturb emotionally or mentally 3
- verb affect (of pain, disease, etc) to attack 3
- noun affect the emotion associated with an idea or set of ideas 3
- verb affect to put on an appearance or show of; make a pretence of 3
- verb affect to imitate or assume, esp pretentiously 3
- verb affect to have or use by preference 3
- verb affect to adopt the character, manner, etc, of 3
- verb affect (of plants or animals) to live or grow in 3
- verb affect to incline naturally or habitually towards 3
- verb transitive affect to have an effect on; influence; produce a change in 3
- verb transitive affect to move or stir the emotions of 3
- noun affect a disposition or tendency 3
- noun affect an emotion or feeling attached to an idea, object, etc. 3
- noun affect in general, emotion or emotional response 3
- verb transitive affect to like to have, use, wear, be in, etc. 3
- verb transitive affect to make a pretense of being, having, feeling, liking, etc.; feign 3
- verb transitive affect to aim at; seek 3
- transitive verb affect have an effect on 1
- transitive verb affect touch emotionally 1
- transitive verb affect pretend to have, feel 1
- noun affect Have an effect on; make a difference to. 1
- noun affect Affect1 and effect, each both noun and verb, share the sense of “influence,” and because of their similarity in pronunciation are sometimes confused in writing. As a verb affect1 means “to act on” or “to move” (His words affected the crowd so deeply that many wept); affect2 means “to pretend” or “to assume” (new students affecting a nonchalance they didn't feel). The verb effect means “to bring about, accomplish”: Her administration effected radical changes. The noun effect means “result, consequence”: the serious effects of the oil spill. The noun affect1 pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, is a technical term in psychology and psychiatry. Affect2 is not used as a noun. 1
- verb with object affect to give the appearance of; pretend or feign: to affect knowledge of the situation. 1
- verb with object affect to assume artificially, pretentiously, or for effect: to affect a Southern accent. 1
- verb with object affect to use, wear, or adopt by preference; choose; prefer: the peculiar costume he affected. 1
- verb with object affect to assume the character or attitude of: to affect the freethinker. 1
- verb with object affect (of things) to tend toward habitually or naturally: a substance that affects colloidal form. 1
- verb with object affect (of animals and plants) to occupy or inhabit; live in or on: Lions affect Africa. Moss affects the northern slopes. 1
- verb with object affect Archaic. to have affection for; fancy. to aim at; aspire to. 1
- noun affect Psychology. feeling or emotion. 1
- noun affect Psychiatry. an expressed or observed emotional response: Restricted, flat, or blunted affect may be a symptom of mental illness, especially schizophrenia. 1
- noun affect Obsolete. affection; passion; sensation; inclination; inward disposition or feeling. 1
- verb without object affect Obsolete. to incline, tend, or favor (usually followed by to): He affects to the old ways. 1
- noun affect (Obsolete (No longer in use)) One's mood or inclination; mental state. 0
- noun affect (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A desire, an appetite. 0
- noun affect (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. 0
- verb affect (Transitive Verb) To influence or alter. 0
- verb affect (Transitive Verb) To move to emotion. 0
- verb affect (Transitive Verb) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body). 0
- verb affect (Transitive Verb) (archaic) To dispose or incline. 0
- verb affect (Transitive Verb) (archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition. 0
- verb affect (Transitive Verb) (archaic) To assign; to appoint. 0
- verb affect (Obsolete (No longer in use)) VT To aim for, to try to obtain. 0
- verb affect (Transitive Verb) (now rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of. 0
- verb affect (Transitive Verb) OBS To show a fondness for (something); to choose. 0