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lasting effect

lasting effect

11 3.7
A result that continues a long time after something happens
  • noun
translation icon : efecto duradero
  • Boycotting these goods can have a real and lasting effect on the global economic structure as we know it.
  • long-lasting effect
  • significant lasting effects
  • real lasting effect

They're designing an experience, and that experience is supposed to have lasting effects.

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Examples

  • Entanglement could provide a metaphor for seeing ourselves as interconnected and having lasting effects on one another.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The benefits and pleasures of Career Caravan have a long-lasting effect and lead to more capable employees.

    Academic text (1995)
  • This would have a lasting effect on Monk's work.

  • Sometimes when we experience trauma, it can have a lasting effect.

  • If the composition is not strong, the image will not have a lasting effect after the initial "wow" is gone.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Even if they like the subject, the course has no long-lasting effect on them.

    Academic text (1996)
  • It had a lasting effect on him.

  • Follow-up studies show that this difference has lasting effects on a child's later academic performance.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Researchers suggest that the student-teaching experience has a lasting effect on the perspectives and practices of beginning music teachers.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The shuffling from home to home has a profound and lasting effect on children, social workers say.

Synonyms

consequence
vslasting effect
874 4.1

A result of an action or event

focuses on outcomes that endure long after an event
indelible mark
vslasting effect
3 6.8

A strong lasting memory or effect you cannot forget

is a long term result that can fade or be forgotten
reverberation
vslasting effect
3 6.8

An effect that continues after an earlier action and affects others

is a direct long term outcome rather than a ripple
backwash
vslasting effect
6.8

The continuing effects after a big event that often cause problems

is a long term result without implying negativity

Antonyms

557 3.0

Lasting for a short time and not permanent

49 3.9

Lasting only for a short time

How Long

permanent
650 3.2
long-term
502 3.0
lasting effect
11 3.7
short-term
225 3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

lasting + effect

The meaning 'a consequence that endures' is directly derivable from combining 'lasting' (existing for a long duration) with 'effect' (a result); the adjective modifies the noun in a standard, compositional way. This transparent adjective+noun structure is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.

Etymology

Lasting effect brings to mind a stone dropped into a pond: the ripples, the effect, keep moving long after the stone falls, the lasting part. So, it means 'a result that stays for a long time'.