ALL meanings of take effect
take ef·fect
T t - noun take effect something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin. 1
- noun take effect power to produce results; efficacy; force; validity; influence: His protest had no effect. 1
- noun take effect the state of being operative or functional; operation or execution; accomplishment or fulfillment: to bring a plan into effect. 1
- noun take effect a mental or emotional impression produced, as by a painting or a speech. 1
- noun take effect meaning or sense; purpose or intention: She disapproved of the proposal and wrote to that effect. 1
- noun take effect the making of a desired impression: We had the feeling that the big, expensive car was only for effect. 1
- noun take effect an illusory phenomenon: a three-dimensional effect. 1
- noun take effect a real phenomenon (usually named for its discoverer): the Doppler effect. 1
- noun take effect special effects. 1
- verb with object take effect to produce as an effect; bring about; accomplish; make happen: The new machines finally effected the transition to computerized accounting last spring. 1
- idioms take effect 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 take effect take effect, to go into operation; begin to function. to produce a result: The prescribed medicine failed to take effect. 1
- verbal expression take effect work, have an influence 1
- phrase take effect You can say that something takes effect when it starts to produce the results that are intended. 0
- noun take effect to become operative or begin to produce results 0
- noun take effect to begin to produce results; become operative 0