affect

Betekenis

Verb

1. To influence or alter.
2. To move to emotion.
3. Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
4. To dispose or incline.
5. To tend to by affinity or disposition.
6. To assign; to appoint.
7. To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.

Noun

1. A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.
2. (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
3. (obsolete) A desire, an appetite.

Met koppelteken als

af‧fect

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/əˈfɛkt/

Etymologie

From Middle English affecten, from Latin affectāre, from Latin affectus, the participle stem of Latin afficere (“to act upon, influence, affect, attack with disease”), from ad- + facere (“to make, do”).

Zinnen

If he makes a buying mistake , it doesn't affect him much .

Als hij een koopfout maakt, heeft dit geen invloed op hem.