effect
verb
- cause to happen
noun
- result or outcome of a cause
- phenomenon which results from a cause
- act or process of beginning to be in effect
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪˈfɛkt/ / /əˈfɛkt/ / /ɪˈfekt/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin effectuslbor. Old French effectbor. Middle English effect English effect Of the noun: from Middle English effect, from Old French effect (modern French effet), from Latin effectus (“an effect, tendency, purpose”), from efficiō (“accomplish, complete, effect”); see effect as a verb. Displaced Old English fremming, fremednes from fremman. Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Medieval Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Medieval Latin faciō Medieval Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Medieval Latin -tus Medieval Latin effectus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Medieval Latin -ō Medieval Latin effectuōder. Middle English effecten English effect Of the verb: from Middle English effecten, partly from Medieval Latin effectuō, from Latin effectus, perfect passive participle of efficiō (“accomplish, complete, do, effect”), from ex (“out”) + faciō (“do, make”) (see fact and compare affect, infect) and partly from the noun effect.
- The result or outcome of a cause.
“The effect of the hurricane was a devastated landscape.”
“The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed.”
- Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
“patchwork […] introduced for oratorical effect”
“The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place.”
- Execution; performance; realization; operation.
“That no compunctious visitings of nature / Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between / The effect and it.”
- Execution; performance; realization; operation.
“The new law will come into effect on the first day of next year.”
- An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
“The effect of flying was most convincing.”
“The colored bands of color that strobe through much of the text and other visual elements are perhaps the most prototypical of all Amiga demoscene effects and, again, are a direct result of the hardware on which Megademo was created to run.”
- An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
“I use an echo effect here to make the sound more mysterious.”
“I just bought a couple of great effects.”
- A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
“Doppler effect”
- An influence or causal association between two variables.
“effect size”
“therapeutic effect”
- Belongings, usually as personal effects.
“The tenant shall pay for the repair of, or replace all such items of the fixtures, fittings, furniture and effects as shall be broken, lost, damaged or destroyed during that time.”
“His Goods, Family, and all his Effects were also ſeiz'd every where, and his Family carried into Priſon.”
- Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
“They spake to her to that effect.”
- Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
“no other in effect than what it seems”
- Manifestation; expression; sign.
“All the large effects / That troop with majesty.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin effectuslbor. Old French effectbor. Middle English effect English effect Of the noun: from Middle English effect, from Old French effect (modern French effet), from Latin effectus (“an effect, tendency, purpose”), from efficiō (“accomplish, complete, effect”); see effect as a verb. Displaced Old English fremming, fremednes from fremman. Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Medieval Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Medieval Latin faciō Medieval Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Medieval Latin -tus Medieval Latin effectus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Medieval Latin -ō Medieval Latin effectuōder. Middle English effecten English effect Of the verb: from Middle English effecten, partly from Medieval Latin effectuō, from Latin effectus, perfect passive participle of efficiō (“accomplish, complete, do, effect”), from ex (“out”) + faciō (“do, make”) (see fact and compare affect, infect) and partly from the noun effect.
- To make or bring about; to implement.
“The best way to effect change is to work with existing stakeholders.”
“The election has affected our society, for it has effected major changes in the government.”
- Misspelling of affect.