What part of speech is affect?

Affect can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. affect is a verb, present, 1st person singular of affect (infinitive).
  • 2. affect is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. affect is a noun, singular of affects.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does affect mean?

Definitions

Verb

affect - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
affect - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"
affect - act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate"
affect - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
affect - connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business"

Noun

affect - the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion

Examples of affect

#   Sentence  
1. verb Will the new rules affect me?
2. verb It is a time to learn what happened and how it may affect the future.
3. verb Drug abuse can affect the ability of the person to feel deep emotions like empathy.
4. verb Although this email and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by Century Development or any of its affiliates for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use.
5. verb Although, I don't think that scary movies will affect pets for a long time; I am sure they'll forget sometime--or am I wrong?
6. verb Does the amount of rain affect the growth of crops?
7. verb Will the strike affect the price of coal?
8. verb We must not allow these problems to affect the project.
9. verb Is this in fact going to affect their relationships?
10. verb This article will affect my thinking.
11. verb This group passes out information on such things as travel and health care, and encourages its members to vote on issues that affect this age group such as legislation regulating the insurance industry, medical care and housing.
12. verb This result means, contrary to prior expectations, that the number of variants does not affect the processing speed.
13. verb This bad weather will affect the crops.
14. verb Your attendance will affect your final grade.
15. verb The introduction of the new tax is expected to affect the entire economy.
16. noun Will something like this affect our health?
17. noun Does this affect Tom?
18. noun As for whether couples may be dissuaded from settling in smaller towns because of these longer commutes, Lanning said it didn’t factor into her decision. “We are so grounded here. John grew up here, and everything we know and do is here. So yeah, that doesn’t affect that,” she said.
Sentence  
verb
Will the new rules affect me?
It is a time to learn what happened and how it may affect the future.
Drug abuse can affect the ability of the person to feel deep emotions like empathy.
Although this email and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by Century Development or any of its affiliates for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use.
Although, I don't think that scary movies will affect pets for a long time; I am sure they'll forget sometime--or am I wrong?
Does the amount of rain affect the growth of crops?
Will the strike affect the price of coal?
We must not allow these problems to affect the project.
Is this in fact going to affect their relationships?
This article will affect my thinking.
This group passes out information on such things as travel and health care, and encourages its members to vote on issues that affect this age group such as legislation regulating the insurance industry, medical care and housing.
This result means, contrary to prior expectations, that the number of variants does not affect the processing speed.
This bad weather will affect the crops.
Your attendance will affect your final grade.
The introduction of the new tax is expected to affect the entire economy.
noun
Will something like this affect our health?
Does this affect Tom?
As for whether couples may be dissuaded from settling in smaller towns because of these longer commutes, Lanning said it didn’t factor into her decision. “We are so grounded here. John grew up here, and everything we know and do is here. So yeah, that doesn’t affect that,” she said.

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