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effect is a noun and verb meaning "a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon". It carries 8 recorded senses.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
“the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise”
“his decision had depressing consequences for business”
“he acted very wise after the event”
an outward appearance
“he made a good impression”
“I wanted to create an impression of success”
“she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting”
an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
“he just did it for effect”
a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
“the effects of sleep loss”
“the effect of the anesthetic”
produce
“The scientists set up a shock wave”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for effect come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.