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1. A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
   "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise";
   - consequence, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
    
2. An outward appearance
   "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting";
   - impression
    
3. An impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
   "he just did it for effect"
    
4. The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
   - essence, burden, core, gist
    
5. (of a law) having legal validity
   "the law is still in effect";
   - force
    
6. A symptom caused by an illness or a drug
   "the effects of sleep loss"; "the effect of the anaesthetic"

1. Produce
   "The scientists effect a shock wave";
   - effectuate, set up
    
2. Act so as to bring into existence
   "effect a change"

Sounds like: affect

Derived forms: effects, effecting, effected

Type of: act, appearance, belief, cause, do, engender, feeling, import, impression, make, meaning, move, notion, opinion, phenomenon, significance, signification, symptom, validity, validness, visual aspect

Encyclopedia: Effect