to that effect
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5.0
- idiom
:
en ese sentido
- Oh, add, thank you for the warning, or words to that effect.
I'll I'll say something to that effect from a personal standpoint.
- I'll I'll say something to that effect from a personal standpoint.
- Put your face on there, put your number on there and tell them stop renting, start owning something to that effect.
- Well, my comment would be you said how do you how does she think that he is Jesus like or something to that effect.
- Nick Griffin has called me out on, on Twitter for, for being a Zionist shill or something to that effect.
- And to that effect, some people in the commercial computing centre say, look, binary to BCD will turn out to be expensive.
- Apparently one or more of the guys allegedly instructed the non citizens quote to go back to Mexico or words to that effect.
- We have powerful testimonies by people who point to that effect.
- So dark jeans, not light jeans, but dark jeans, very European leather coats, leather jackets or something, something to that effect.
Examples
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Perhaps he could write something to that effect at the top of his Facebook page?
Blog text (24) -
I'm sure she'll sign an affidavit to that effect.
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Hello... or words to that effect.
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An agreement to that effect.
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Do I hear a motion to that effect?
Fiction book (1993) -
There was a General Assembly resolution to that effect past late last year.
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And I hope, day by day, that some evidence to that effect is accumulating.
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There has been a study to that effect by the Mayo Clinic.
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A proposal to that effect passed in Delaware's House of Representatives but failed in the state Senate.
Academic text (1999) -
The committee issued a statement to that effect after the meeting concluded.
Synonyms
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2.0
A thing like the one just mentioned
How Exact
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'having the general meaning or implication just mentioned' is directly derivable from the constituents: 'that' (demonstrative) + 'effect' (meaning/result) with 'to' marking the relation, so a learner who knows the words can infer 'in that sense' or 'with that meaning'. The construction is common across languages (e.g. French 'en ce sens', Spanish 'en ese sentido'), so despite its slightly formal register it is compositionally transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
To that effect may come from using effect as a short word for the 'result' or 'idea', like pointing to a small note that sums up what you mean. That's why saying something to that effect means you said something 'about the same' or with the same general point.