affect

[əˈfekt]

Definition:
1. To produce a change in somebody or something.
2. Act physically on.
3. Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.

Use 'affect' in a sentence:

1. Changes in farming methods have badly affected employment in the area.
2. The factors which affect rock type are random and fuzzy.
3. The disease has affected her sight.
4. This will negatively affect the result over the first half of the year.
5. Urban passenger transport system is an important factor to affect urban transportation efficiency.
6. With the development of Chinese rural tourism, some problems arises which will affect the sustainable development.
7. More than seven million people have been affected by drought.
8. Cataracts affect the transparency of the eye's lenses.
9. She affected a calmness she did not feel.
10. Anorexia nervosa, a form of starvation, may affect adolescent girls.
11. The new law will affect us all, directly or indirectly.
12. These drugs may affect your sex drive.
13. Individual sins affect the entire fabric of society.
14. How do daydreams affect daydreamers?
15. Rub the cream into the affected areas.
16. Your opinion will not affect my decision.
17. Ms. Redgrave affects a heavy Italian accent.
18. Arthritis is a crippling disease which affects people all over the world.
19. We have not been directly affected by the cuts.
20. This may affect your entitlement to compensation.
21. The drug may affect your powers of concentration.
22. This guarantee does not affect your statutory rights.
23. Climate and weather affect every aspect of our lives.
24. I don't smoke, so it doesn't affect me.
25. How could blood flow affect brain activity?
26. He listened to them, affecting an amused interest.
27. The ordeal has affected both her mental and physical health.
28. The disease affects fully 30 per cent of the population.
29. An unhappy home environment can affect children's behaviour.
30. Development has affected vast swathes of our countryside.
31. The new proposals affect both clergy and laity.
32. Changes in the money supply affect the level of economic activity and the interest rate.
33. Manufacturing industry was worst affected by the fuel shortage.
34. In the worst-case scenario more than ten thousand people might be affected.
35. Staying away so long from office will affect promotion.
36. Manufacturing processes may be affected by the functionality of the product.
37. An unhappy home environment can affect a child's behaviour.
38. I had to make important decisions that would affect me for the rest of my life.
39. Many external influences can affect your state of mind.
40. You're fooling yourself if you think none of this will affect you.
41. The machine directs a powerful beam at the affected part of the body.
42. You never allow personal problems to affect your performance.
43. They were deeply affected by the news of her death.
44. Different loss allocation methods affect price in electric market.
45. Even in the artificial environment of an office, our body rhythms continue to affect us.
46. He used to affect a foreign accent.
47. The country has been badly affected by recession.
48. Use the applicator to apply cream to the affected area.
49. As she rightly pointed out the illness can affect adults as well as children.
50. I wish he wouldn't affect that ridiculous accent.
51. His words have great affect on me.
52. Your contributions will affect your pension entitlements.
53. Every ingestion of food can affect our mood or thinking processes.
54. Does television affect children's behaviour?
55. Her health was adversely affected by the climate.
56. Gregor loved his sister, and her loss clearly still affects him.
57. Irritable bowel syndrome seems to affect more women than men.
58. He is interested in how our perceptions of death affect the way we live.
59. This article will affect my thinking.
60. When it grows hot, heat can affect human health.
61. The contract will affect our national prestige in the world.
62. Age affects the range of a person's capabilities.
63. The south of the country was worst affected by the drought.
64. Nicotine adversely affects the functioning of the heart and arteries.
65. Price changes must not adversely affect the living standards of the people.
66. Maternal age affects the baby's survival rate.
67. How will these changes affect us?
68. The condition affects one in five women.
69. The divorce affected Jim deeply.
70. But sooner rather than later, this aerial vehicle technology will affect all of our lives.
71. The warming of the Earth and the consequent climatic changes affect us all.
72. Installation of Motorola's Mobile Phone Tools may affect the performance of this driver.
73. Both motor and sensory functions are affected.
74. As usual, Simon affected complete boredom.
75. People tend to think that the problem will never affect them.