affect
21affect — I UK [əˈfekt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms affect : present tense I/you/we/they affect he/she/it affects present participle affecting past tense affected past participle affected *** 1) to change or influence something. If something affects… …
22affect — affect1 affectable, adj. affectability, n. v. /euh fekt /; n. /af ekt/, v.t. 1. to act on; produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops. 2. to impress the mind or move the feelings of: The music affected him deeply. 3. (of pain …
23affect — 01. Our economy has been [affected] a great deal by the Asian economic crisis. 02. Global warming has had a significant [effect] on our climate over the last few years. 03. The new anti smoking regulations [affect] everyone: smokers must now go… …
24affect — verb 1 influence ADVERB ▪ dramatically, greatly, materially, radically (esp. BrE), significantly ▪ positively ▪ barely, hardly …
25affect — affect1 [ə fɛkt] verb have an effect on; make a difference to. ↘touch the feelings of. Derivatives affecting adjective affectingly adverb Origin ME (in the sense attack as a disease ): from Fr. affecter or L. affect , afficere (see affect2).… …
26affect — I. verb (t) /əˈfɛkt / (say uh fekt) 1. to act on; produce an effect or a change in: *The damp winters affected my chest. –patrick white, 1976. 2. to impress; move (in mind or feelings): the poetry affected me deeply. 3. (of pain, disease, etc.)… …
27affect — 1. v.tr. 1 a produce an effect on. b (of a disease etc.) attack (his liver is affected). 2 move; touch the feelings of (affected me deeply). Usage: Often confused with effect, which as a verb means bring about; accomplish . Derivatives: affecting …
28affect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. influence, touch; concern, relate to; move, stir. See relation, disease, feeling, affectation. n. feeling, emotion. See sensibility. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To have an effect upon] Syn. influence,… …
29affect — , effect As a verb, affect means to influence ( Smoking may affect your health ) or to adopt a pose or manner ( He affected ignorance ). Effect as a verb means to accomplish ( The prisoners effected an escape ). As a noun, the word needed is… …
30affect — v. 1) to affect smb. deeply, profoundly, strongly 2) (formal and rare) (BE) (E) he affected not to hear * * * [ æfekt] profoundly strongly (formal and rare) (BE) (E) he affected not to hear to affect smb. deeply …
