Affect - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
verb
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon (syn: impress, move, strike)
Extra examples
He has never affected to be surprised.
Any body affects some regular shape.
Trading has been adversely affected by the downturn in consumer spending.
We were all deeply affected by her death.
As usual, Simon affected complete boredom.
He used to affect a foreign accent.
Will the new rules affect me?
This new ruling affects your business
These problems affect people at all levels of society.
The scandal may affect his chances for election.
The scratch didn't affect the car's overall appearance.
An emotional upset can affect your physical health.
...we deluded ourselves into thinking that the ice cream wouldn't affect our diet...
No one is better than Didion at using flatness of affect and formality of diction to convey seething anger and disdain.
It's difficult to infer how these changes will affect ordinary citizens.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: affect
he/she/it: affects
present participle: affecting
past tense: affected
past participle: affected
singular: affect
plural: affects
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