Effect is the result of an action, as in those “cause and effect” papers you might write in English class. Your topic could be how your late night tuba playing (cause) has driven your roommate insane (effect).
Execution; performance; realization; operation;
Noun
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"
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 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"
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 shockwave"
Verb
act so as to bring into existence; "effect a change"
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.
Effect
That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and it.2.
All the large effects That troop with majesty.3.
The effect is the unfailing index of the amount of the cause.4.
Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical effect.
The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place.5.
They spake to her to that effect.7.
No other in effect than what it seems.9.
Resolving all events, with their effects And manifold results, into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme.
Shun the bitter consequence, for know, The day thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt die.
Effect
So great a body such exploits to effect.2.
To effect that which the divine counsels had decreed.
They sailed away without effecting their purpose.
Execution; performance; realization; operation;
To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
Usage Examples
Grace in women has more effect than beauty.
Consider the perverse effect cap and trade has on altruistic actions. Say you decide to buy a small, high-efficiency car. That reduces your emissions, but not your country's. Instead it allows somebody else to buy a bigger S.U.V. - because the total emissions are set by the cap.
Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.
Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.
Growing up, I saw my dad do charity work for children with health issues. That had a profound effect on me.
As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.
Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.
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Other Usage ExamplesAll the legal action I've taken against newspapers has had a massively positive effect on my life and achieved exactly what I wanted, which is privacy and non-harassment.
Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting.
'Charm' - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is indispensable to women. Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.
Because the sad fact is that the Enron Corporation and others manipulated with unfortunately great effect the energy market in the West Coast starting in 2000.
Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.
Every time new technology is introduced, especially involving reproduction, you get the 'yuck' effect.
As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are apt to be at complete war with one another.
Close your bodily eye, that you may see your picture first with the eye of the spirit. Then bring to light what you have seen in the darkness, that its effect may work back, from without to within.
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