affect

Meaning

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.

Concepts

affect

influence

move

impact

feign

pretend

act

touch

impress

concern

sway

involve

pose

put on airs

have an effect on

attitudinize

stir

sham

strike

work

impinge

have an effect

induce

dissemble

exert influence

bias

hit

emotion

bear upon

assume

touch on

regard

appeal to

attack

give

agitate

incite

shape

be effective

alter

change

modify

afflict

plague

smite

relate to

impinge upon

effect

have an impact on

coquette with

flirt with

strike on attitude

simulate

bear on

interest

pain

act out

show

appear

act as if

delude

dupe

fake

relationship

arouse

stir up

avail

be efficacious

have effect

operate

produce

take action

actuate

adjourn

shift

transfer

transpose

form

transform

bedevil

blight

curse

rack

torment

be the cause of

determine

fix

specify

fall on

stimulate

be cognizant of

hit home

register

be harmful to

do one harm

hinder

interfere with

connect

link

fascinate

be impressive

have a repercussion

humbug

work on

contaminate

infect

pollute

manipulate

instigate

lead

scourge

persuade

fill

overwhelm

allot

attribute

counterfeit

like

love

haunt

inhabit

inspire

take

touch upon

suffocate

aim at

weight with

react on

affront

assail

assault

blackguard

encroach

mob

offend

outrage

shock

slight

feint

make believe

affection

fall upon

outbalance

come to

extend

spread

spoil

react

act as

adduce

advance

air

bring forth

deliver

depict

enact

execute

impersonate

instance

offer

perform

play

playact

present

propose

put

put forward

raise

reenact

render

represent

retell

set out

sound out

stage

come up

disturb

pass

propel

portray

roleplay

emotional state

act upon

cut

kick in

prepossess

redound

seem

smell

weigh

find an excuse

have influence

grip

make

reach

happen

occur

seize

simper

tell

implicate

of

relation

befall

overtake

interject

jot

mark

carry weight

get to

cause

inflict

harm

stain

consequence

Hyphenated as

af‧fect

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈfɛkt/

Etymology

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”).

Sentences

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