affect

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To influence or alter.
2. (transitive) To move to emotion.
3. (transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
4. (archaic, transitive) To dispose or incline.
5. (archaic, transitive) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
6. (archaic, transitive) To assign; to appoint.
7. (transitive) 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.

Synonyms

influence

move

impact

feign

pretend

act

impress

touch

concern

involve

sway

put on airs

pose

have an effect on

stir

sham

strike

attitudinize

work

dissemble

induce

impinge

have an effect

appeal to

bias

bear upon

regard

attack

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assume

give

hit

exert influence

emotion

touch on

simulate

smite

alter

show

relationship

bear on

act out

shape

agitate

delude

modify

interest

incite

plague

afflict

flirt with

Translations

afectar

affecter

afectar

beeinflussen

afetar

vortäuschen

influir

influer

feindre

comover

vorgeben

bewegen

sich zieren

influencer

aangrijpen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈfɛkt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: affecten

Inherited from Middle English: affect

In summary

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 .

Light pollution has also been found to affect human circadian rhythms .