What does Affected mean?

Definitions for Affected
əˈfɛk tɪdaf·fect·ed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. affectedadjective

    acted upon; influenced

  2. affected, unnaturaladjective

    speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

  3. moved(p), affected, stirred, touchedadjective

    being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion

    "too moved to speak"; "very touched by the stranger's kindness"

Wiktionary

  1. affectednoun

    Someone affected, as by a disease.

  2. affectedadjective

    influenced or changed by something

    The affected compass was impossible to use, so we got lost.

  3. affectedadjective

    simulated in order to impress

    He spoke with an affected English accent.

  4. affectedadjective

    Emotionally moved; touched.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Affectedparticipial adj.

    Etymology: from affect.

    No marvel then if he were ill affected;
    ’Tis they have put him on the old man’s death,
    To have th’ expence and waste of his revenues. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    He was assured, that the model they seemed affected to in their directory, was not like to any of their foreign reformed churches now in the world. Edward Hyde.

    These antick, lisping, affected phantasies, these new tuners of accents. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.

ChatGPT

  1. affected

    Affected refers to being influenced or touched by an external factor; changed or impacted in a certain way. It can also refer to behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress.

  2. affected

    Affected refers to being influenced or impacted by something. It can also mean displaying a behavior or attitude that is not natural or genuine, usually to impress others. In the context of emotions or health, it suggests being in a state of being altered or changed.

  3. affected

    Affected refers to a condition or state being influenced or changed due to an action, a situation, or an event. It can also refer to showing artificial or pretentious behavior, not natural or genuine.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Affected

    of Affect

  2. Affected

    regarded with affection; beloved

  3. Affected

    inclined; disposed; attached

  4. Affected

    given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real

  5. Affected

    assumed artificially; not natural

  6. Affected

    made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. affected

    An algebraic term for an equation in which the unknown quantity rises to two or more several powers.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Affected' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1905

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Affected' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2906

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Affected in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Affected in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Affected in a Sentence

  1. Regan Freeman:

    The people who were negatively affected by a particular event should be involved. If a site reflects the people being honored and their wishes, you're much more likely to make an impact, people find it easier to have empathy for a specific individual. With individualized stories, observers find it easier to connect with the people who've been wronged and say,' I see that this was wrong. What can I do to prevent it from happening again ?'.

  2. Martin King:

    It's just really a question of how fast these projects get ramped up, given that some of these sites declared force majeure for June cargoes, I think people are not really sure how much volume is going to be affected.

  3. David Hume:

    Among well bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt for others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an easy stream of conversation maintained without vehemence, without interruption, without eagerness for victory, and without any airs of superiority.

  4. Prime Minister Mamady Youla:

    We have restored major macroeconomic balance, (but) Ebola has hampered investment, slowed growth and affected several sectors.

  5. Kevin Cox:

    Please pray for the healing of those physical injuries. And, perhaps even more so, pray for that church family that has been so massively affected by this tragedy, please pray for the families who lost precious children, the other accident victims, all involved in the rescue efforts, and the church family. They will need our prayers in the coming weeks and months.

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