to take effect
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- phrasal verb
:
entrar en vigor
- The changes in the law will take effect once the president signs the bill.
- laws take effect
- regulations take effect
- agreement takes effect
And it would not take effect until after the final agreement is reached.
- And it would not take effect until after the final agreement is reached.
Examples
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Some changes will take effect from next week.
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It will take effect in a minute and you will feel better.
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And it would not take effect until after the final agreement is reached.
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And how long until it takes effect?
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It's starting to take effect.
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Will the welcome data deal done with mobile providers take effect immediately?
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Medication should take effect in 20 seconds.
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Evidence is growing that economic reforms are taking effect in some countries.
Academic text (1992) -
Wait for the sedative to take effect.
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The proclamation would take effect within a month of the proposed amendment.
Academic text (1999)
Antonyms
How Fast
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'effect' clearly signals a result or outcome, and combined with 'take' there is an interpretable notion of something 'beginning to have effect', but 'take' functions here as a light verb meaning 'begin to operate' which is somewhat metaphorical and not directly predictable from basic senses of 'take'. Cross-linguistically this concept is often expressed with verbs like 'enter' or 'come into' rather than a literal 'take', so a B1 learner who knows the words may infer the general idea but not reliably grasp the exact legal/operational nuance.
Etymology
The phrase take effect comes from a simple image: when you take medicine, the effect begins and the medicine starts to work. That's why we use it to mean 'to begin to apply' for laws, rules, or treatments.