Definition of affects Affects
/ʌfɛˈkts/ - [ufekts] -
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Wiktionary 
- affects (Noun)
Plural of affect.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
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| affect - the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion | ||
| feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" | ||
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| affect - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" | ||
| impress, move, strike | ||
| infect contaminate with a disease or microorganism | ||
| surprise cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me" | ||
| ingrain, instill, impress thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt" | ||
| awaken cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." | ||
| motivate, actuate, propel, incite, prompt, move give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" | ||
| engrave carve or cut a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name" | ||
| strike dumb render speechless, as by surprising or shocking; "we were struck dumb by the candidate's announcement" | ||
| zap kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens" | ||
| jar place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam" | ||
| hit home, strike a note, strike home, strike a chord refer to or be relevant or familiar to; "I hope this message hits home!" | ||
| smite inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon | ||
| cloud make milky or dull; "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added" | ||
| pierce make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh" | ||
| impress dye (fabric) before it is spun | ||
| sweep off, sweep away overwhelm emotionally; "Her swept her away" | ||
| disturb, trouble, upset damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!" | ||
| stir, touch mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough" | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| sadden make unhappy; "The news of her death saddened me" | ||
| alienate make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees" | ||
| affect - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" | ||
| impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| strike a blow affect adversely; "The court ruling struck a blow at the old segregation laws" | ||
| repercuss cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect | ||
| tell on produce an effect or strain on somebody; "Each step told on his tired legs" | ||
| redound have an effect for good or ill; "Her efforts will redound to the general good" | ||
| stimulate, excite cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" | ||
| process, treat subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill" | ||
| hydrolise, hydrolize make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis | ||
| tinge, distort, color, colour affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life" | ||
| endanger, peril, queer, scupper, expose pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops" | ||
| hit, strike pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" | ||
| subject make accountable for; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors" | ||
| discommode, incommode, inconvenience, disoblige, trouble, bother, put out ignore someone's wishes | ||
| act upon, influence, work have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate" | ||
| slam-dunk make a slam dunk; shoot a basketball in a slam dunk | ||
| affect - act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate" | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| attack begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal" | ||
| ulcerate affect with an ulcer; "Her stomach was ulcerated" | ||
| sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" | ||
| energise, energize, perk up, brace, arouse, stimulate gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap" | ||
| tense up, tense, strain cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up" | ||
| make relaxed, unlax, unstrain, unwind, loosen up, relax reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn" | ||
| cramp suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle | ||
| jaundice affect with, or as if with, jaundice | ||
| register enter into someone's consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?" | ||
| inebriate, intoxicate, soak have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug | ||
| affect - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" | ||
| feign, sham, pretend, dissemble | ||
| belie, misrepresent represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions" | ||
| play possum to pretend to be dead | ||
| take a dive pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer | ||
| bullshit, talk through one's hat, fake, bull speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" | ||
| mouth articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word" | ||
| affect - connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" | ||
| involve, regard | ||
| have-to doe with, concern, pertain, bear on, come to, touch on, relate, refer, touch be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" | ||
| implicate bring into intimate and incriminating connection; "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government" | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- affect (v. t.)
To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon. - affect (v. t.)
To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch. - affect (v. t.)
To love; to regard with affection. - affect (v. t.)
To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually. - affect (v. t.)
To dispose or incline. - affect (v. t.)
To aim at; to aspire; to covet. - affect (v. t.)
To tend to by affinity or disposition. - affect (v. t.)
To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance. - affect (v. t.)
To assign; to appoint. - affect (n.)
Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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affect
To act as if something is true. -
affect
To have an effect upon. -
affect
To have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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affect
af-fekt′, v.t. to act upon: to produce a change upon: to move the feelings: to assign, apply (only in pass.).—adj. Affect′ed, touched with a feeling either for or against (with by): full of affectation: feigned.—adv. Affect′edly.—n. Affect′edness.—adj. Affect′ing, having power to move the passions: pathetic.—adv. Affect′ingly. [L. afficĕre, affectum—ad, to, facĕre, to do.] -
affect
af-fekt′, v.t. to make a show or pretence of, to assume, to counterfeit or pretend to, to take upon one's self to: (obs.) to aim at, seek to obtain: (arch.) have a liking for, to love: to practise, wear, or frequent: to haunt or inhabit by preference.—n. Affectā′tion, a striving after, or an attempt to assume, what is not natural or real: pretence. [L. affectāre, freq. of afficĕre. See Affect above.]
