to effect
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6.1
- verb
- /ɪˈfɛkt/
- Formal
- Using more force than necessary to effect an arrest.
- effect change
- effect a cultural shift
- effect a withdrawal
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- interacts with the forces of creation and effects change in our world.
Examples
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But now, from the inside, I'm able to effect real change.
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Moreover, the three courts acknowledged the large change their mandates would effect in the public meaning of marriage.
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I want to just effect change where I need to.
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Not all companies are able to effect a complete withdrawal from South Africa.
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The citizens of the new France used portraits to effect regeneration from the bottom up.
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"We will exhaust every possible means we believe will effect a peaceful resolution.
Fiction book (1995) -
The sad thing is that even these pop-media messages are very slow to effect change.
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The Church's social visibility and ability to effect change were heightened by the authoritarian conditions within society.
Academic text (1990) -
However, the role of cognitive mediators such as expectation in effecting performance should not go unrecognized.
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The new healthcare policy is set to effect significant improvements in patient care.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To make something happen
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3.0
To cause a change in a person or thing
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3.5
Cause something, often a sickness or a bad feeling, to start
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3.0
To make something happen
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5.3
Cause a process, event, or feeling to start
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6.9
To make a feeling or situation start
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4.9
Cause a feeling or reaction to appear in people
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8.6
To make something happen, for example a plan or change
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
74
3.7
An image or sound used in film to show something that cannot be done in real life
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19
3.4
The air around the Earth becomes warmer because some gases trap heat from the sun
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12
4.4
A health improvement that happens when a person believes a fake treatment will help them
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2
6.7
A change in sound or light you notice when the thing making it and you move
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1
8.4
A curved path that moving air or water appear to follow because the Earth turns
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1
6.8
A plane gets extra upward lift and less air resistance when it flies very close to the ground
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1
6.8
People repeat actions followed by a reward and avoid those followed by punishment
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1
8.8
A feature of some crystals that makes electricity when pressed or makes them change shape when charged
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1
8.4
A popular candidate helps other candidates from the same party win votes
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1
6.3
A small electronic device that controls electric current using an electric field
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1
3.8
A sound, light, or smoke trick used in a play to make scenes more dramatic
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1
9.9
A tiny force that pulls very close objects together because empty space contains tiny energy
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1
8.1
Light scattering by tiny particles that makes a beam visible, often blue
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1
9.2
High-frequency electric current flows mostly near a wire's surface instead of through the whole wire
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1
8.9
A craft that moves just above water or land on a cushion of air from its engines
- Jargon
A humorous idea that a person's presence makes lab equipment stop working
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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
How Strongly
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word effect comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and facere 'to make'. So to effect something is to 'make' it happen or to cause it to take place.