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something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence:Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
power to produce results; efficacy; force; validity; influence:His protest had no effect.
the state of being effective or operative; operation or execution; accomplishment or fulfillment:to bring a plan into effect.
a mental or emotional impression produced, as by a painting or a speech.
meaning or sense; purpose or intention:She disapproved of the proposal and wrote to that effect.
the making of a desired impression:We had the feeling that the big, expensive car was only for effect.
an illusory phenomenon:a three-dimensional effect.
a real phenomenon (usually named for its discoverer):the Doppler effect.
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Idiomsin effect:
for practical purposes; virtually:His silence was in effect a confirmation of the rumor.
essentially; basically.
operating or functioning; in force:The plan is now in effect.
Idiomstake effect:
to go into operation; begin to function.
to produce a result:The prescribed medicine failed to take effect.
v.t.
to produce as an effect; bring about; accomplish; make happen:The new machines finally effected the transition to computerized accounting last spring.
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 verb, verbal action
Middle English 1350–1400
ef•fect′i•ble, adj.
1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged 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.
12.See corresponding entry in Unabridged achieve, realize, fulfill, perform, consummate.