ALL meanings of effects
ef·fects
E e - noun effects Plural form of effect. 1
- 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
- noun effects an illusory phenomenon: a three-dimensional effect. 1
- noun effects a real phenomenon (usually named for its discoverer): the Doppler effect. 1
- noun effects special effects. 1
- verb with object effects to produce as an effect; bring about; accomplish; make happen: The new machines finally effected the transition to computerized accounting last spring. 1
- idioms effects in effect, for practical purposes; virtually: His silence was in effect a confirmation of the rumor. essentially; basically. operating or functioning; in force: The plan is now in effect. 1
- idioms effects take effect, to go into operation; begin to function. to produce a result: The prescribed medicine failed to take effect. 1
- noun effects See affect1. 1
- noun plural effects personal property or belongings 0
- noun plural effects lighting, sounds, etc, to accompany and enhance a stage, film, or broadcast production 0