What part of speech is affects?

Affects can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

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

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does affects 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 affects

#   Sentence  
1. verb Remember that what you do to yourself affects me and everybody else, remember that what you do to me and anyone else shapes your destiny.
2. verb One compelling argument for reintroduction was the wolf acts as a keystone predator, an animal that affects the populations, behavior and ecology of a wide variety of species within its range.
3. verb Imagination affects every aspect of our lives.
4. verb As for the air, there is always some moisture in the atmosphere, but when the amount increases a great deal, it affects the light waves.
5. verb Smoking affects your health.
6. verb Smoking affects our health.
7. verb Acid rain in drinking water affects human health.
8. verb The climate affects people in every land.
9. verb That student sometimes affects illness.
10. verb A damp, cold day affects a person's health.
11. verb The problem affects the prestige of our school.
12. verb The destruction of the ozone layer affects the environment.
13. verb That kind of behaviour affects your honour.
14. verb He sometimes affects indifference to what's happening around him.
15. verb We know how food affects growth.
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.
19. noun Will something like this affect our health?
20. noun Does this affect Tom?
21. 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
Remember that what you do to yourself affects me and everybody else, remember that what you do to me and anyone else shapes your destiny.
One compelling argument for reintroduction was the wolf acts as a keystone predator, an animal that affects the populations, behavior and ecology of a wide variety of species within its range.
Imagination affects every aspect of our lives.
As for the air, there is always some moisture in the atmosphere, but when the amount increases a great deal, it affects the light waves.
Smoking affects your health.
Smoking affects our health.
Acid rain in drinking water affects human health.
The climate affects people in every land.
That student sometimes affects illness.
A damp, cold day affects a person's health.
The problem affects the prestige of our school.
The destruction of the ozone layer affects the environment.
That kind of behaviour affects your honour.
He sometimes affects indifference to what's happening around him.
We know how food affects growth.
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.
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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