effect
[ɪˈfekt]
Definition:
1. A change that somebody or something causes.
2. A result.
3. A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.
'effect' example sentence:
- The announcement had a dramatic effect on house prices.
- The fonts can be sized according to what effect you want.
- He told me to leave ─ or words to that effect.
- They had seriously miscalculated the effect of inflation.
- The effect is almost impossible to describe.
- Mr Morris feels the museum is using advertising to good effect.
- The experiment had the reverse effect to what was intended.
- The consensus is that risk factors have an accumulative effect.
- His words had exactly the opposite effect.
- The effects will last for the whole of his life.
- For maximum effect do the exercises every day.
- One side effect of modern life is stress.
- I can certainly feel the effects of too many late nights.
- She told me to get out ─ or words to that effect.
- Her words had a magical effect on us.
- The industry is feeling the effects of recent price rises.
- The crisis had a negative effect on trade.
- We warned them, but to no effect.
- Legislation to that effect created fierce controversy both in Parliament and outside.
- Unemployment is having a corrosive effect on our economy.
- Lack of money will have an adverse effect on our research programme.
- The specific impact of the greenhouse effect is unknowable.
- There is mounting evidence of serious effects on people's health.
- In effect, the two systems are identical.
- The effects of the drug will soon wear off.
- Cities have a powerful magnetizing effect on young people.
- The overall effect of the painting is overwhelming.
- The news had a destabilizing effect on the stock market.
- The stage lighting gives the effect of a moonlit scene.
- This drug is known to have adverse side effects.
- Does television have an effect on children's behaviour?
- The price increase has had no perceptible effect on sales.
- The medicine did not achieve the desired effect.
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.
- New controls come into effect next month.
- The calming effect seemed to last for about ten minutes.
- Nowhere is the effect of government policy more apparent than in agriculture.
- Overseas investment has had a positive effect on exports.
- The colour green has a restful effect.
- They hope to effect a reconciliation.
- She is unconscious of the effect she has on people.
- It's difficult to make accurate predictions about the effects on the environment.
- A circular to this effect will be issued in the next few weeks.
- It is up to the regulating authority to put the measures into effect.
- Modern farming methods can have an adverse effect on the environment.
- I tried to persuade him, but with little or no effect.
- The effect has proved hard to reproduce.
- the effect of heat on metal.
- The play had excellent sound and lighting effects.
- This effect is particularly noticeable in younger patients.
- His voice had an almost hypnotic effect.
- The new law takes effect from tomorrow.
- Her criticisms had the effect of discouraging him completely.
- He left a note to the effect that he would not be coming back.
- The drug has some bad side effects.
- The price of the Saturday edition is going up with effect from 3 November.
- Despite her ordeal, she seems to have suffered no ill effects .
- Mr Charles complained, to no effect.
- Fifthly, we need to consider the effect on the local population.
- The aspirins soon take effect.
- My father's death had a profound effect on us all.