to affect
41affect — I UK [əˈfekt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms affect : present tense I/you/we/they affect he/she/it affects present participle affecting past tense affected past participle affected *** 1) to change or influence something. If something affects… …
42Affect, der — Der Affêct, des es, plur. die en, vom Lateinischen Afectus, ein hoher Grad einer Gemüthsbewegung und dessen Ausbruch. Viele Affecten haben. Seinen Affecten nachhängen. Voller Affecten seyn. Seine Affecten zwingen, bändigen u.s.f. Anm.… …
43affect — affect1 affectable, adj. affectability, n. v. /euh fekt /; n. /af ekt/, v.t. 1. to act on; produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops. 2. to impress the mind or move the feelings of: The music affected him deeply. 3. (of pain …
44affect — 01. Our economy has been [affected] a great deal by the Asian economic crisis. 02. Global warming has had a significant [effect] on our climate over the last few years. 03. The new anti smoking regulations [affect] everyone: smokers must now go… …
45affect — verb 1 influence ADVERB ▪ dramatically, greatly, materially, radically (esp. BrE), significantly ▪ positively ▪ barely, hardly …
46affect — affect1 [ə fɛkt] verb have an effect on; make a difference to. ↘touch the feelings of. Derivatives affecting adjective affectingly adverb Origin ME (in the sense attack as a disease ): from Fr. affecter or L. affect , afficere (see affect2).… …
47affect — I. verb (t) /əˈfɛkt / (say uh fekt) 1. to act on; produce an effect or a change in: *The damp winters affected my chest. –patrick white, 1976. 2. to impress; move (in mind or feelings): the poetry affected me deeply. 3. (of pain, disease, etc.)… …
48affect — 1. v.tr. 1 a produce an effect on. b (of a disease etc.) attack (his liver is affected). 2 move; touch the feelings of (affected me deeply). Usage: Often confused with effect, which as a verb means bring about; accomplish . Derivatives: affecting …
49affect, effect — These words have slightly different pronunciations and quite different meanings. Affect is always a verb (except for one use as a noun in psychology) and means to influence, to cause a response : This article will affect my thinking. Affect also… …
50affect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. influence, touch; concern, relate to; move, stir. See relation, disease, feeling, affectation. n. feeling, emotion. See sensibility. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To have an effect upon] Syn. influence,… …
