Effect
[ɪ'fekt] or [ɪ'fɛkt]
Definition
(noun.) (of a law) having legal validity; 'the law is still in effect'.
(noun.) an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); 'he just did it for effect'.
(noun.) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work.
(noun.) a symptom caused by an illness or a drug; 'the effects of sleep loss'; 'the effect of the anesthetic'.
(verb.) produce; 'The scientists set up a shock wave'.
(verb.) act so as to bring into existence; 'effect a change'.
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Definition
(n.) Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.
(n.) Manifestation; expression; sign.
(n.) In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.
(n.) Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
(n.) Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.
(n.) Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.
(n.) The purport; the sum and substance.
(n.) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
(n.) Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.
(v. t.) To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
(v. t.) To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Consequence, result, issue, event.[2]. Force, validity, weight, power, efficiency.[3]. Purport, import, drift, tenor, meaning, general intent.[4]. Fact, reality, truth.[5]. Impression (on the organs of sense).
v. a. [1]. Cause, produce, create.[2]. Accomplish, achieve, execute, perform, do, consummate, realize, carry, compass, effectuate, bring about, bring to pass, carry out, work out.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Result, consequence, issue, pi, Goods, chattels, property, movables,commodities
ANT:Origin, cause
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Definition
n. the result of an action: impression produced: reality: the consequence intended: (pl.) goods: property.—v.t. to produce: to accomplish.—ns. Effec′ter Effec′tor.—adjs. Effec′tible that may be effected; Effec′tive having power to effect: causing something: powerful: serviceable.—adv. Effec′tively.—n. Effec′tiveness.—adjs. Effect′less without effect useless; Effec′tual successful in producing the desired effect: (Shak.) decisive.—n. Effectual′ity.—adv. Effec′tually.—v.t. Effec′tuate to accomplish.—n. Effectua′tion.—Effectual calling (theol.) the invitation to come to Christ which the elect receive.—For effect so as to make a telling impression; General effect the effect produced by a picture &c. as a whole; Give effect to to accomplish perform; In effect in truth really: substantially.—Leave no effects to die without property to bequeath.—Take effect to begin to operate: to come into force.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The second of two phenomena which always occur together in the same order. The first called a Cause is said to generate the other—which is no more sensible than it would be for one who has never seen a dog except in the pursuit of a rabbit to declare the rabbit the cause of a dog.
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Examples
- This was done with effect, as is proved by the Confederate reports. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The same experienced union has the same effect on the mind, whether the united objects be motives, volitions and actions; or figure and motion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Three of the weapons struck against him, and splintered with as little effect as if they had been driven against a tower of steel. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It is well watered, and its affluent vegetation gains effect by contrast with the barren hills that tower on either side. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In effect, the voyage of the voice across the continent is instantaneous; if its speed should be accurately measured, a fifteenth of a second would probably be nearly exact. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The effect instantly ceases when the current is interrupted by breaking connection with either pole of the battery. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He said nothing to that effect. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- What are the after effects? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- There is no apparent relation between effects so dissimilar; yet the steps of progress can be distinctly traced, from the attraction of a feather to the development of the electric telegraph. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Though their beneficial effects, however, have been in this respect accidental, they have not upon that account been less real. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Perhaps its effects are not so permanent; but they are, while they last, as violent and intense. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In America the effects were immediate. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I examined all his papers and all his effects. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- For though there appear no manner of connexion betwixt motion or thought, the case is the same with all other causes and effects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Of the species which do change, only a few within the same country change at the same time; and all modifications are slowly effected. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Being effected, Mr Dorrit expressed his hope that Mr Sparkler would shortly dine with them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Innocent III died baffled in 1216, and his successor, Honorius III, effected nothing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The statements may help a teacher to a larger vision of the possible results to be effected by instruction in mathematical topics. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He effected, by stratagem, the escape of the prisoner. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In using the compound it is applied locally in the usual manner by means of the fingers or any material by which the application can be thoroughly effected. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- General Warren effected a crossing the same afternoon, and got a position without much opposition. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And should we not enquire what sort of knowledge has the power of effecting such a change? Plato. The Republic.
- All her thoughts turned on this difficulty; her whole soul was occupied with expedients for effecting its solution. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Have none of me if it is your will, but that you must aid me in effecting your escape, if such a thing be possible, is not my request, but my command. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The rioters not having succeeded in effecting an entrance, his grim metal darlings--the machines--had escaped damage. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He returned without effecting the settlement, being told that it would not be made till the arrival of some documents expected from France. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- As in reciprocal crosses, the facility of effecting an union is often very far from equal, so it sometimes is in grafting. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He succeeded in effecting a crossing with one brigade, however, but finding the enemy intrenched in his front, no more were crossed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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