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Defenition of the word effect

    • Defenition of the word effect

      • The result or outcome of a cause. Effects include: a) direct effects, which are caused by the action and occur at the same time and place, b) indirect effects, which are caused by the action and are later in time or farther removed in distance, that are still reasonably foreseeable. (Source: LANDY)
      • Images or sound added to enhance the experience of viewing a movie or listening to music.
      • The result or outcome of a cause.
      • Consequence or result of a deed.
      • Condition that which follows something on which it depends.
      • With verbal nouns, forming phrases approximately equivalent to the source verb
      • a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"
      • an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect"
      • a symptom caused by an illness or a drug; "the effects of sleep loss"; "the effect of the anesthetic"
      • act so as to bring about; "effect a change"; "carry out a reform"
      • cause to happen or occur; "The scientists set up a shockwave"
      • the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
      • (of a law) having legal validity; "the law is still in effect"
      • an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting"
      • a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"
      • produce; "The scientists set up a shockwave"
      • act so as to bring into existence; "effect a change"
      • an outward appearance
      • (of a law) having legal validity
      • an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
      • a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
      • a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
      • produce
      • act so as to bring into existence

    Synonyms for the word effect

      • achieve
      • air
      • appearance
      • bring about
      • bring into being
      • burden
      • carry out
      • cause
      • consequence
      • core
      • effectuate
      • end product
      • essence
      • force
      • get done
      • gist
      • impression
      • issue
      • look
      • make
      • make happen
      • outcome
      • produce
      • prompt
      • provoke
      • realize
      • result
      • set up
      • stimulate
      • upshot

    Similar words in the effect

      • effect
      • effect's
      • effected
      • effecting
      • effective
      • effectively
      • effects
      • effectual
      • effectually
      • effectuate
      • effectuated
      • effectuates
      • effectuating

    Hyponyms for the word effect

      • accomplish
      • action
      • aftereffect
      • aftermath
      • backdate
      • backwash
      • bandwagon effect
      • branch
      • bring to bear
      • brisance
      • bummer
      • butterfly effect
      • by-product
      • byproduct
      • carry
      • carry out
      • carry through
      • change
      • coattails effect
      • Coriolis effect
      • dent
      • domino effect
      • draw
      • execute
      • fallout
      • figure
      • fulfil
      • fulfill
      • get
      • harvest
      • hasten
      • image
      • impact
      • induce
      • influence
      • knock-on effect
      • mark
      • materialisation
      • materialization
      • offset
      • offshoot
      • offspring
      • outgrowth
      • placebo effect
      • position effect
      • precipitate
      • product
      • repercussion
      • response
      • reverberation
      • rush
      • serve
      • side effect
      • sound effect
      • special effect
      • spillover
      • stimulate
      • tout ensemble
      • wake
      • wallop

    Hypernyms for the word effect

      • act
      • appearance
      • belief
      • cause
      • do
      • feeling
      • import
      • impression
      • make
      • meaning
      • move
      • notion
      • opinion
      • phenomenon
      • significance
      • signification
      • symptom
      • validity
      • validness
      • visual aspect

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