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.