Effect
Word | EFFECT |
Character | 6 |
Hyphenation | ef fect |
Pronunciations | /ɪˈfɛkt/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Effect"
What do we mean by effect?
Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result. noun
The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result. noun
Advantage; avail. noun
The condition of being in full force or execution; operativeness. noun
Something that produces a specific impression or supports a general design or intention. noun
A particular impression. noun
Production of a desired impression. noun
The basic or general meaning; import. noun
Movable belongings; goods. noun
To bring about; make happen; cause or accomplish. transitive verb
(in effect) In essence; to all purposes. idiom
(to the effect that) With the general meaning that. idiom
In art, an accidental or unusual combination of colors, lights, or forms which especially excite the interest of a painter and form a suitable motive or key in painting or etching. noun
That which is effected by an efficient cause; a consequent; more generally, the result of any kind of cause except a final cause: as, the effect of heat. noun
Power to produce consequnces or results; force; validity; account: as, the obligation is void and of no effect. noun
Purport; import or general intent: as, he immediately wrote to that effect; his speech was to the effect that, etc. noun
A state or course of accomplishment or fulfilment; effectuation; achievement; operation: as, to bring a plan into effect; the medicine soon took effect. noun
Actual fact; reality; not mere appearance: preceded by in. noun
Mental impression; general result upon the mind of what is apprehended by any of the faculties: as, the effect of a view, or of a picture. noun
The result or outcome of a cause.
Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
Execution; performance; realization; operation.
An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
(sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
(etc.) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
(usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
Manifestation; expression; sign.
Effect is one of the most widely misused words in the English vocabulary; mainly because of its counter-part, the word affect. effect is an ocurrence that follows, or that is caused by a previous ocurrence. Not to be confused with 'A'ffect. Urban Dictionary
Here and ready; often used in the beginning of RAP songs to indicate the artist is there and ready to jam also "in full effect" Urban Dictionary
The process of how an technical issue solves it self while being explained to an expert in the domain. Urban Dictionary
In manufacturing, which instances of a complicated product get a particular version of a part. Effectivity was coined at Boeing, in their old factory-control software, to identify a specific airplanes on the assembly line. Urban Dictionary
An idiotic modern word that has crept out of technical use in game theory to compete in pseudo-intellectual discourse with the real English word satisfying the same part of speech (effectiveness), which should be used instead in almost every case. Not to be confused with efficacy, which actually has a different meaning. Urban Dictionary
N.-Personal belongings Urban Dictionary
Tweaking it to make it look 20 times more visually attractive than it was before Urban Dictionary
David Dobrik's friend Dom made this word up in a vlog David posted while talking about condoms, he was trying to say the word effectiveness, but said the word effectency. Urban Dictionary
Useful Urban Dictionary
The aftermath of a night of playing sci-fi role playing game Mass Effect or Mass Effect 2 for the Xbox or PC. This is usually the result of playing more than 4 hours at a time or playing until the sun rises. Symptoms include falling asleep at work or just being disoriented throughout the day. Can alter sleep patterns and cause slurred speech. If this pattern of late night gaming persists it could lead to altered perceptions of reality where you want to make decisions like Commander Shepherd or make constant references to the game in conversations with people who have no idea what you are talking about. Urban Dictionary
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