effect
483
4.8
- noun
- /ɪˈfɛkt/
:
efecto
- The special lighting produced a dreamy effect on the stage.
- special effects
- sound effects
- visual effect
I like to go for a subtle effect, So.
- I like to go for a subtle effect, So.
- We're just playing, we're, we're playing things for comedic effect entirely so.
- It's a true gloss like effect without the stickiness.
- OK, now I should have added some like brightening effect to my eye area.
- Well, first up is the volume effect faux sils mascara.
Examples
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No man can have this effect on every woman.
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This term here gives you the effect of the initial condition.
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But when my eyes are open, the effect is very good.
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A very striking effect, as a matter of fact.
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The placement of the background glass depends mostly on what effect you desire to achieve.
Academic text (1999) -
Jennifer congratulated Susan, and we all remarked about the effect one simple color change had made.
Fiction book (1992) -
Recently, Murray (2006) affirmed that coaches' styles and behaviors have a great effect on team performance.
Academic text (2011) -
Optic architecture had been used lavishly to create a dazzling rainbow effect as the eye was directed upward.
Fiction book (1992) -
The magician created an effect that left the audience in awe.
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Her elegant dress had an effect that turned heads at the party.
Synonyms
777
3.1
A quick idea you form about someone or something
72
5.1
A way of showing yourself that hides problems to make others think well of you
52
4.2
A magic trick that makes something look impossible
11
8.6
A fake way of speaking or behaving to impress others
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
67
3.7
An image or sound used in film to show something that cannot be done in real life
- Specialized
16
3.4
The air around the Earth becomes warmer because some gases trap heat from the sun
- Specialized
11
4.4
A health improvement that happens when a person believes a fake treatment will help them
- Specialized
1
6.7
A change in sound or light you notice when the thing making it and you move
- Specialized
1
8.4
A curved path that moving air or water appear to follow because the Earth turns
- Specialized
1
8.4
A popular candidate helps other candidates from the same party win votes
- Specialized
1
6.8
A plane gets extra upward lift and less air resistance when it flies very close to the ground
- Specialized
1
8.8
A feature of some crystals that makes electricity when pressed or makes them change shape when charged
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
A small electronic device that controls electric current using an electric field
- Specialized
People repeat actions followed by a reward and avoid those followed by punishment
- Specialized
A craft that moves just above water or land on a cushion of air from its engines
- Specialized
An electric charge some crystals like quartz make when pressed or their change in shape when given electricity
- Specialized
A change in the body that happens after physical activity like exercise
- Specialized
Change in how a gene works when it moves to a new place on a chromosome
- Specialized
High-frequency electric current flows mostly near a wire's surface instead of through the whole wire
- Specialized
A sound, light, or smoke trick used in a play to make scenes more dramatic
- Specialized
Light scattering by tiny particles that makes a beam visible, often blue
How Deceptive
1
6.7
- Literature
1
9.0
483
4.8
45
3.6
759
1.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word effect comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and facere 'to make'. So a visual or stage effect is something 'made' to give a special appearance or strong impression.