Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: affect
IPA transcription: [əf'ɛkt]
Pronunciations of affect
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: affect
    Meaning: the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: affect, impact, bear_upon, bear_on, touch_on, touch
    Meaning: have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"
  • Synonyms: affect
    Meaning: act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate"
  • Synonyms: involve, affect, regard
    Meaning: connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business"
  • Synonyms: feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
    Meaning: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
Usage examples
  • How does this misfortune affect you?
  • I don't think it will affect me much."
  • These alarms and the exposure had begun to affect the old man.
  • "Besides," said Miss Winwood, "let us hope it won't affect votes.
  • It was like something from a play, too unreal to affect his life.
  • How do circumstances affect the kind of act that will be successful?
  • The English Channel is a holy terror, all right, but it didn't affect me.
  • It required extraordinary barbarity on the part of an overseer to affect him.
  • "The richness of the ore and its purity of course affect the limestone consumption.
  • Let us begin therefore, by laying aside facts, for they do not affect the question.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Carrier wave, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Schizophrenia, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Insider trading, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Munich, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording American football, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording HTTP cookie, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Equal Protection Clause, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Planetary habitability, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Alzheimer's disease, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cat, License CC BY-SA 4.0