effect
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2.3
- noun
- /ɪˈfɛkt/
- Researchers are studying the long-term effect of stress on mental health.
- side effects
- long-term effects
- adverse effects
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- What is the most important effect on our universe?
- You know, I guess they have a powerful effect on social groups.
- What do people not understand about what effect that has on the mind?
- They're mindful that its effects will span generations.
- It has been shown to have a similar effect on depression as SSRIs.
- Tim was describing how stress has these effects on the gut, right?
- So one of those is an effect called gravitational lensing.
- This is another important effect of repression.
- It's a real, tangible physical effect of space itself.
- It's doesn't have the same effect that music.
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So what about the effect of sleep on mood?
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And they have a direct effect on weight gain.
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But can that have a big effect weeks later?
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You know, I guess they have a powerful effect on social groups.
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What do people not understand about what effect that has on the mind?
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This place has that effect on people.
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What is the most important effect on our universe?
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So let's see what it does and what effect it has on the skin.
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This has lasting effects, okay?
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The potential for a novel disease to have devastating effects on island species is well known.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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1.0
The outcome of an action or event
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3.1
A strong effect on people, places, or things
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4.1
A result of an action or event
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2.1
The result of an action or event
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6.3
The final result of a situation that is often unexpected
Idioms
Compounds
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3.7
An image or sound used in film to show something that cannot be done in real life
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3.4
The air around the Earth becomes warmer because some gases trap heat from the sun
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4.4
A health improvement that happens when a person believes a fake treatment will help them
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6.7
A change in sound or light you notice when the thing making it and you move
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A curved path that moving air or water appear to follow because the Earth turns
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8.4
A popular candidate helps other candidates from the same party win votes
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A plane gets extra upward lift and less air resistance when it flies very close to the ground
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8.8
A feature of some crystals that makes electricity when pressed or makes them change shape when charged
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A tiny force that pulls very close objects together because empty space contains tiny energy
- Jargon
A humorous idea that a person's presence makes lab equipment stop working
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A small electronic device that controls electric current using an electric field
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People repeat actions followed by a reward and avoid those followed by punishment
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A craft that moves just above water or land on a cushion of air from its engines
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An electric charge some crystals like quartz make when pressed or their change in shape when given electricity
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A change in the body that happens after physical activity like exercise
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Change in how a gene works when it moves to a new place on a chromosome
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High-frequency electric current flows mostly near a wire's surface instead of through the whole wire
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A sound, light, or smoke trick used in a play to make scenes more dramatic
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Light scattering by tiny particles that makes a beam visible, often blue
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Etymology
The word effect comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and facere 'to make'. So an effect is what is 'made' by an action — the result or change you can see.