to affect
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8.1
- verb
- /əˈfɛkt/
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- And she hides out and she pretends to affect these manners from the, you know, Emily Post's book Etiquette.
And if you need to be cool, you ever seen the people who try to affect coolness?
- And if you need to be cool, you ever seen the people who try to affect coolness?
- And she hides out and she pretends to affect these manners from the, you know, Emily Post's book Etiquette.
Examples
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"But I only have eyes for you," he said, affecting a Groucho Marx cigar wiggle.
Fiction book (1996) -
We want to hear what sorts of voices they want our players to affect during this performance.
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It could also be how you affect your family, how you raise your children, right?
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I'll just hope that things will go my way because I can't really affect the the universe or myself or others.
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I seem to be more affected by Baby Diego's death than I realised, sir.
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It made her seem affected but really she was just insecure.
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"Peach pie from scratch," she says, affecting a Southern drawl her sister didn't use.
Fiction book (1992) -
Why? Patsy was silent; she simply nodded, affected by Meredith's emotion, the pain reflected on her face.
Fiction book (1996) -
He tried to affect a sense of confidence during the meeting, but his nervousness was evident.
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She tried to affect a cheerful attitude, even though she was feeling sad inside.
Synonyms
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2.3
To act as if something is true when it is not
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7.2
Pretend to feel something, like surprise or interest, to trick other people
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9.1
To hide true feelings or intentions by pretending to feel something else
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6.4
To pretend to be or feel something to trick people
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Affect can also mean 'pretend' and comes from French affecter 'to put on' with the old Latin idea of 'doing', so to affect a calm manner is to 'put on' or act as if you are calm.