(affect adversely)

  • 1affect — simulate, *assume, pretend, feign, counterfeit, sham affect 1 Affect, influence, touch, impress, strike, sway are more or less closely synonymous when they mean to produce or to have an effect upon a person or upon a thing capable of a reaction.… …

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  • 2adversely — UK US /ˈædvɜːsli/ adverb ► in a way that is harmful or likely to cause problems: »Cancellations and delays may continue to adversely affect the airline s financial performance …

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  • 3affect — verb 1 influence ADVERB ▪ dramatically, greatly, materially, radically (esp. BrE), significantly ▪ positively ▪ barely, hardly …

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  • 4affect — af|fect W1S1 [əˈfekt] v [T] [Sense: 1 2; Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of afficere to influence , from ad to + facere to do ] [Sense: 3; Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: affecter, from Latin affectare, from afficere] …

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  • 5adversely — adv. Adversely is used with these verbs: ↑affect, ↑comment, ↑influence, ↑react, ↑respond …

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  • 6affect — [[t]əfe̱kt[/t]] ♦♦ affects, affecting, affected 1) VERB If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way. [V n] Nicotine adversely affects the functioning of the heart and arteries... [V n] More than …

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  • 7Adversely affect — Оказывать отрицательное влияние (на что либо) …

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  • 8infect — verb affect (a person, organism, etc.) with a disease causing organism. ↘Computing affect with a virus. ↘affect adversely. Derivatives infector noun Origin ME: from L. infect , inficere taint , from in into + facere put, do …

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  • 9Complication (medicine) — Complication, in medicine, is an unfavorable evolution of a disease, a health condition or a medical treatment. The disease can become worse in its severity or show a higher number of signs, symptoms or new pathological changes, become widespread …

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  • 10infect — ► VERB 1) affect with a disease causing organism. 2) contaminate; affect adversely. DERIVATIVES infector noun. ORIGIN Latin inficere to taint …

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