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Definitions for effects
ɪˈfɛktsef·fects

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. effects, personal effectsnoun

    property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business

    "she left some of her personal effects in the house"; "I watched over their effects until they returned"

Wiktionary

  1. effectsnoun

    belongings

ChatGPT

  1. effects

    Effects are the outcomes, results, or changes that occur as a consequence of a particular action, cause, or event. They can be both positive and negative, intended or unintended, and observable or unobservable. They can also refer to the impressions or emotions invoked by a work of art or performance.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. effects

    Personal property; sale of effects; or the auction of the property of deceased officers and seamen: "The effects of that sail Will be a sale of effects."

Editors Contribution

  1. effectsverb

    Verb form of the word effect.

    The effects of the changes are beautiful, we are all focused on creating optimum health, human rights, unity government and shared prosperity for all.


    Submitted by MaryC on May 8, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'effects' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #894

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'effects' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1964

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of effects in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of effects in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of effects in a Sentence

  1. Roelof Bruintjes:

    What we are looking at is basically evaluating the effects on weather through the type of mountain, how high it should be and how the slopes should be, we will have a report of the first phase this summer as an initial step.

  2. Keith Ablow:

    If your job is adopting a persona who is not really who are you and maintaining it for many years inside and outside the ring to some extent, one could wonder whether you are also more vulnerable to using substances to try to maintain that identity, this could be an unhealthy alliance of certain psychological factors with the fallout from physical side effects that result when you try to maintain affliction.

  3. Sonia Kowal:

    It could be very significant in terms of follow-up effects at other companies, who have been happy not to think about these issues.

  4. Tom Bond:

    Although the BMI of teenagers is linked to their mothers BMI, this is more likely due to inherited genes and lifestyle factors rather than effects in the womb.

  5. Tony Visconti:

    That's the hallmark of the way we work, he sounds really good when we do this effect called ADT, automatic double-tracking. Then we fooled around with some rippling, repeat echoes. They're all custom-made effects.

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