1. effect(n = noun.phenomenon) consequence, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot - a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"
is a kind of phenomenon
has particulars: materialisation, materialization, offspring, aftereffect, aftermath, backwash, wake, bandwagon effect, brisance, butterfly effect, by-product, byproduct, change, coattails effect, coriolis effect, dent, domino effect, harvest, impact, wallop, influence, knock-on effect, branch, offset, offshoot, outgrowth, product, placebo effect, position effect, repercussion, reverberation, response, fallout, side effect, spillover
Derived forms verb effect2, verb effectuate1
2. effect(n = noun.attribute) impression - an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting"
is a kind of appearance, visual aspect
has particulars: figure, image, mark, tout ensemble
3. effect(n = noun.cognition) - an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect"
is a kind of belief, feeling, impression, notion, opinion
has particulars: sound effect, special effect
Derived form verb effect1
4. effect(n = noun.communication) burden, core, essence, gist - the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work;
is a kind of import, meaning, significance, signification
5. effect(n = noun.attribute) force - (of a law) having legal validity; "the law is still in effect"
is a kind of validity, validness
6. effect(n = noun.state) - a symptom caused by an illness or a drug; "the effects of sleep loss"; "the effect of the anesthetic"
is a kind of symptom
has particulars: aftereffect, bummer, side effect
Derived form verb effectuate1
1. effect(v = verb.creation) effectuate, set up - produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave"
is one way to cause, do, make
Derived forms noun effect3, noun effecter1, adjective effective2, adjective effective1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
2. effect(v = verb.social) - act so as to bring into existence; "effect a change"
is one way to act, move
Derived forms noun effect1, noun effecter1, noun effector1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May. [1913 Webster]
"That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
The effect and it." [1913 Webster]
2. Manifestation; expression; sign. [1913 Webster]
"All the large effects
That troop with majesty." [1913 Webster]
3. In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury. [1913 Webster]
"The effect is the unfailing index of the amount of the cause." [1913 Webster]
4. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced. [1913 Webster]
"Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical effect." [1913 Webster]
"The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place." [1913 Webster]
5. Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect. [1913 Webster]
6. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to. [1913 Webster]
"They spake to her to that effect." [1913 Webster]
7. The purport; the sum and substance. Chaucer.
8. Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance. [1913 Webster]
"No other in effect than what it seems." [1913 Webster]
9. Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects. [1913 Webster]
"Resolving all events, with their effects
And manifold results, into the will
And arbitration wise of the Supreme." [1913 Webster]
"Shun the bitter consequence, for know,
The day thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt die." [1913 Webster]
1. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be. [1913 Webster]
"So great a body such exploits to effect." [1913 Webster]
2. To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish. [1913 Webster]
"To effect that which the divine counsels had decreed." [1913 Webster]
"They sailed away without effecting their purpose."
effect, n. & v.
--n.
1 the result or consequence of an action etc.
2 efficacy (had little effect).
3 an impression produced on a spectator, hearer, etc. (lights had a pretty effect; my words had no effect).
4 (in pl.) property, luggage.
5 (in pl.) the lighting, sound, etc., used to accompany a play, film, broadcast, etc.
6 Physics a physical phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer (Doppler effect).
7 the state of being operative.
--v.tr.
1 bring about; accomplish.
2 cause to exist or occur.
Idiom:
bring (or carry) into effect accomplish. for effect to create an impression. give effect to make operative. in effect for practical purposes; in reality. take effect become operative. to the effect that the general substance or gist being. to that effect having that result or implication. with effect from coming into operation at or on (a stated time or day).
Etymology:
ME f. OF effect or L effectus (as EX-(1), facere make)
VB effect, effectuate, accomplish, achieve, compass, consummate, hammer out, bring to maturity, bring to perfection, perfect, complete, elaborate, do, execute, make, go through, get through, work out, enact, bring about, bring to bear, bring to pass, bring through, bring to a head, despatch, dispatch, knock off, finish off, polish off, make short work of, dispose of, set at rest, perform, discharge, fulfill, realize, put in practice, put in force, carry out, carry into effect, carry into execution, make good, be as good as one's word, do thoroughly, not do by halves, go the whole hog, drive home, be in at the death, carry through, play out, exhaust, fill the bill, finish, bring to a close, wind up, stamp, clinch, seal, set the seal on, put the seal, give the final touch, to, put the last, put the finishing hand to, put the finishing touches on, crown, crown all, cap, ripen, culminate, come to a head, come to a crisis, come to its end, die a natural death, die of old age, run its course, run one's race, touch the goal, reach the goal, attain the goal, reach, get in the harvest.
N effect, consequence, aftergrowth, aftercome, derivative, derivation, result, resultant, resultance, upshot, issue, denouement, end, development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud, production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance, creature, creation, offspring, offshoot, firstfruits, firstlings, heredity, telegony, premices premises, owing to, resulting from, derivable from, due to, caused by, dependent upon, derived from, evolved from, derivative, hereditary, telegonous, of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently, as a consequence, in consequence, through, all along of, necessarily, eventually, cela va sans dire, thereby hangs a tale.
N influence, importance, weight, pressure, preponderance, prevalence, sway, predominance, predominancy, ascendency, dominance, reign, control, domination, pull, authority, capability, effect, interest, synergy (cooperation), footing, purchase, play, leverage, vantage ground, tower of strength, host in himself, protection, patronage, auspices, influential, effective, important, weighty, prevailing, prevalent, rife, rampant, dominant, regnant, predominant, in the ascendant, hegemonical, with telling effect, tel maure tel valet.
bandwagon effect, butterfly effect, coattails effect, coriolis effect, domino effect, doppler effect, flywheel effect, greenhouse effect, ground effect, in effect, knock-on effect, law of effect, peltier effect, piezo effect, piezoelectric effect, placebo effect, position effect, side effect, skin effect, sound effect, special effect, stage effect, take effect, to that effect, tyndall effect, zeeman effect