meaning of effect
1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.
2. Manifestation; expression; sign.
3. In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.
4. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
5. Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.
6. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.
7. The purport; the sum and substance.
8. Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
9. Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.
10. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
11. To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.
12. an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original
">painting"
Related Words
effect | effected | effecter | effectible | effecting | effection | effective | effective number of bits | effectively | effectiveness | effectivity | effectless | effector | effects | effectual | effectuality | effectually | effectualness | effectuate | effectuated | effectuating | effectuation | effectuose | effectuous | effectuously |
