effect
verb/ɪˈfekt/
/ɪˈfekt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they effect | /ɪˈfekt/ /ɪˈfekt/ |
| he / she / it effects | /ɪˈfekts/ /ɪˈfekts/ |
| past simple effected | /ɪˈfektɪd/ /ɪˈfektɪd/ |
| past participle effected | /ɪˈfektɪd/ /ɪˈfektɪd/ |
| -ing form effecting | /ɪˈfektɪŋ/ /ɪˈfektɪŋ/ |
- effect something to make something happen
- to effect a cure/change/recovery
- The negotiators hoped to effect a smooth transition to an interim administration.
- These drugs can sometimes effect miraculous cures.
Which Word? affect / effectaffect / effectTopics Change, cause and effectc2- affect = ‘to have an influence on somebody/something’:
- Does television affect children’s behaviour?
- effect noun = ‘result, influence’:
- Does television have an effect on children’s behaviour?
- effect verb is quite rare and formal and means ‘to achieve or produce’:
- They hope to effect a reconciliation.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin effectus, from efficere ‘accomplish’, from ex- ‘out, thoroughly’ + facere ‘do, make’. Sense (3), ‘personal belongings’, arose from the obsolete sense ‘something acquired on completion of an action’.
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