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Definitions of effect:

noun: (of a law) having legal validity
Example: "The law is still in effect"
noun: an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
Example: "He just did it for effect"
noun: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
noun: a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
Example: "The effects of sleep loss"
noun: an outward appearance
Example: "She retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting"
noun: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
Example: "The magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"
verb: act so as to bring into existence
Example: "Effect a change"
verb: produce

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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to effect: (472 results)
Synonyms:
bring about, burden, carry out, consequence, core, effectuate, essence, force, gist, impression, issue, outcome, result, set up, upshot

More general:
act, appearance, belief, feeling, import, meaning, move, notion, phenomenon, significance, signification, symptom, validity, validness, visual aspect

More specific:
aftereffect, aftermath, apply, backdate, backwash, branch, bring to bear, brisance, by-product, carry, change, coattails, coattails effect, dent, draw, execute, figure, get, harvest, hasten, impact, induce, influence, mark, offset, offshoot, outgrowth, practice, precipitate, product, repercussion, response, rush, serve, side effect, sound effect, special effect, spillover, stimulate, tout ensemble, use, wake

Often used in the same context:
affected, cause, effected, effecting

Appears in the definition of:
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