Definitions for effect

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effect ef·fect

Spelling: [ih-fekt]

IPA: /ɪˈfɛkt/

Effect is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 41 anagrams from letters in effect (ceefft).

Definitions for effect

noun

1. something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence:
2. power to produce results; efficacy; force; validity; influence:
3. the state of being operative or functional; operation or execution; accomplishment or fulfillment:
4. a mental or emotional impression produced, as by a painting or a speech.
5. meaning or sense; purpose or intention:
6. the making of a desired impression:
7. an illusory phenomenon:
8. a real phenomenon (usually named for its discoverer):
9. special effects.

Idioms

1. in effect, for practical purposes; virtually: essentially; basically. operating or functioning; in force:
2. take effect, to go into operation; begin to function. to produce a result:

plural noun

1. goods; movables; personal property.

verb (used with object)

1. to produce as an effect; bring about; accomplish; make happen:

Origin of effect

1350-1400; Middle English Latin effectus the carrying out (of a task, etc.), hence, that which is achieved, outcome, equivalent to effec- (variant stem of efficere to make, carry out; ef-

Examples for effect

How little has been the effect of this example on the conduct of the enemy!

If it were, to whom could I appeal with effect against a husband?

“Lady Ellen was the first person who saw the real me,” said Roome about the effect Weirich has had on her life.

But they say its effect on the regular daily operation of organized crime has been negligible.

How were they to effect these apparently incompatible objects?

I could keep only the effect of its expression and the few tones of your voice I heard.

The correspondent does a stand-up next to a burning pile of heroin and gets a taste of its effect.

But he has played so many of these jokes that they begin to lose their effect.

So now the company is asking the FCC to, in effect, reverse itself.

A revised version of the law goes into effect on January 1st, 2015.