affect
/əˈfɛkt/
- Verb
- to produce an effect on (someone or something): such as
- to act on (someone or something) and cause a change
- His decisions could affect [=influence] the lives of millions of people.
- The accident will affect [=influence] the value of the car.
- We learned about the way the oceans are affected by the moon.
- This medication may affect your ability to drive a car. [=this medicine may make it dangerous for you to drive a car]
- This new evidence will affect the outcome of the trial.
- The news could adversely affect [=could hurt] her chances of becoming the next president.
- We kept the change from affecting [=harming] our friendship.
- The incident really affected my opinion of him.
- to cause strong emotions in (someone)
- The criticism affected [=bothered, upset] her deeply/greatly.
- The entire town was affected by their deaths. [=everyone in the town felt sad about their deaths]
- We were all greatly affected by the terrible news. [=we were all very upset by the terrible news]
- to cause a change in (a part of the body)
- Paralysis affected his limbs. = His limbs were affected by/with paralysis. [=his limbs were paralyzed]
- The disease can affect your muscles.
- drugs that affect the nervous/immune system
- to cause illness in (someone)
- The condition affects about five million adults each year.
- a serious disease primarily/mainly affecting women over the age of 40
- Only men appear to be affected by the disease.
- Rain affected [=influenced] their performance.
- The new president effected [=made, caused] many changes to/in the company's policies.
- The weather affected our plans. = The weather had an effect on our plans. [=the weather caused us to change our plans]
- to pretend that a false behavior or feeling is natural or genuine
- She affected indifference [=she pretended that she did not care], though she was deeply hurt.
- He affected (a look of) surprise. [=he pretended to be surprised]
- She affects [=feigns] a warm friendly manner.
- He affected [=faked] a French accent.