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   affect

   /əˈfɛkt/

   verb

   • 1. have an effect on; make a difference to: "the dampness began to affect my health"
   • ▪ touch the feelings of; move emotionally: "he was visibly affected by the tragedy" Similar upsettroublehit hardoverwhelmdevastatedamagehurtpaingrievesaddendistressdisturbperturbagitateshakeshake upstirmovetouchtug at someone's heartstringsmake an impression oninformal:knock for sixknock backbowl overthrowfazeget toOpposite be unaffectedbe indifferent to
   • ▪ (of an illness or medical condition) infect or be present in (someone): "people who are affected by AIDS"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘attack as a disease’): from French affecter or Latin affect- ‘influenced, affected’, from the verb afficere (see affect2).

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   Is affect a noun or a verb?

   • However, affect is most often found as a verb (“to produce an influence upon or alteration in”), and effect as a noun ("a change that results when something is done or happens”). For example, we can say that something that affects a person has an effect on them. What is the difference between affection and affectation?

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   What does it mean if something affects a person?

   • If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way. Nicotine adversely affects the functioning of the heart and arteries. [VERB noun] More than seven million people have been affected by drought. [VERB noun] ...the worst-affected areas of Somalia. [VERB-ed]

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   What is the difference between affect and effect?

   • [The words affect and effect are among the most frequently confused words. Affect means to bring about a change, to move emotionally, or to infect, as a disease. Its core meaning is to evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from. Effect means consequence, outcome, upshot. Its core meaning is something brought about by a cause.] 1.

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   • Affect is a verb meaning ‘influence or cause someone or something to change’: … He seems blank, without affect, his movements awkward and his eyes unfocused. Her affect the whole time was so bizarre. The disease only affects cattle. I was deeply affected by the film. Since joining the band he’s affected a ridiculous southern accent.

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   Learn the difference between affect and effect, and how to use them correctly as verbs and nouns. Find synonyms, examples, and related words for affect in psychology and grammar.

   • Both affect and effect can function as a noun or a verb. However, affect is most often found as a verb (“to produce an influence upon or alteration...
   • The more familiar word, affection, in modern use most often means "a feeling of liking and caring for someone or something." Affectation may be def...
   • Affect is both a noun and a verb, but the verb is far more common; it means "to act on or change someone or something," as in "The change will affe...

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   effect noun = “result, influence”: Does television have an effect on children’s behavior? effect verb is formal and means “to achieve or produce”: The negotiators hope to effect a reconciliation. Governments have the tools to use to effect change. See affect in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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    Affect can be a verb meaning to influence, change, or pretend, or a noun meaning emotion or feeling. Learn how to use affect correctly and avoid confusing it with effect, which means result or consequence.