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ef·fects

[ih-fekts]
plural noun
goods; movables; personal property.

Origin:
plural of effect

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  • But little is known about the long-term effects of the exams, center officials said, and more study of those.
  • What has been unclear until now, however, is how long such effects persist.
  • Even small temperature changes can have far-reaching effects on the life cycles of marine animals from corals to whales.
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ef·fect

[ih-fekt]
noun
1.
something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
2.
power to produce results; efficacy; force; validity; influence: His protest had no effect.
3.
the state of being effective or operative; operation or execution; accomplishment or fulfillment: to bring a plan into effect.
4.
a mental or emotional impression produced, as by a painting or a speech.
5.
meaning or sense; purpose or intention: She disapproved of the proposal and wrote to that effect.
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6.
the making of a desired impression: We had the feeling that the big, expensive car was only for effect.
7.
an illusory phenomenon: a three-dimensional effect.
8.
a real phenomenon (usually named for its discoverer): the Doppler effect.
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verb (used with object)
10.
to produce as an effect; bring about; accomplish; make happen: The new machines finally effected the transition to computerized accounting last spring.
11.
in effect,
a.
for practical purposes; virtually: His silence was in effect a confirmation of the rumor.
b.
essentially; basically.
c.
operating or functioning; in force: The plan is now in effect.
12.
take effect,
a.
to go into operation; begin to function.
b.
to produce a result: The prescribed medicine failed to take effect.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin effectus the carrying out (of a task, etc.), hence, that which is achieved, outcome, equivalent to effec- (variant stem of efficere to make, carry out; ef- ef- + -ficere, combining form of facere to do1) + -tus suffix of v. action

ef·fect·i·ble, adjective
pre·ef·fect, noun, verb (used with object)
un·ef·fect·ed, adjective
un·ef·fect·i·ble, adjective
well-ef·fect·ed, adjective

affect, effect (see usage note at affect1; see synonym note at the current entry).


1. outcome, issue. Effect, consequence(s), result refer to something produced by an action or a cause. An effect is that which is produced, usually more or less immediately and directly: The effect of morphine is to produce sleep. A consequence, something that follows naturally or logically, as in a train of events or sequence of time, is less intimately connected with its cause than is an effect: Punishment is the consequence of disobedience. A result may be near or remote, and often is the sum of effects or consequences as making an end or final outcome: The English language is the result of the fusion of many different elements. 10. achieve, realize, fulfill, perform, consummate.


See affect1.

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effects (ɪˈfɛkts)
 
pl n
1.  Also called: personal effects personal property or belongings
2.  lighting, sounds, etc, to accompany and enhance a stage, film, or broadcast production

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effect
late 14c., "result," from O.Fr. effect, from L. effectus "accomplishment, performance," from stem of efficere "work out, accomplish," from ex- "out" + facere "to do" (see factitious). The verb is from 1580s. Sense in stage effect, sound effect, etc. first recorded 1881.
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Related: Effecting; effection.

effects
"goods, property," 1704, plural of effect.
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effect ef·fect (ĭ-fěkt')
n.

  1. Something brought about by a cause or an agent; a result.

  2. The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result; influence.

  3. A scientific law, hypothesis, or phenomenon.

  4. The condition of being in full force or execution.

  5. Something that produces a specific impression or supports a general design or intention.

v. ef·fect·ed, ef·fect·ing, ef·fects
  1. To bring into existence.

  2. To produce as a result.

  3. To bring about.


ef·fect'er n.
ef·fect'i·ble adj.

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