effect
noun
1. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
Similar word(s): consequence, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot
Definition categories: phenomenon
2. an outward appearance
- she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting
Similar word(s): impression
Definition categories: attribute, appearance
3. an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
- he just did it for effect
Definition categories: thought, belief, feeling, impression, notion, opinion
4. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
Similar word(s): burden, core, essence, gist
Definition categories: communication, import, meaning, significance, signification
5. (of a law) having legal validity
- the law is still in effect
Similar word(s): force
Definition categories: attribute, validity, validness
6. a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
- the effects of sleep loss
- the effect of the anesthetic
Definition categories: state, symptom
Sentences with effect as a noun:
- The effect of the hurricane was a devastated landscape.
- The effect of flying was most convincing.
- I use an echo effect here to make the sound more mysterious.
- I just bought a couple of great effects.
- The new law will come into effect on the first day of next year.
- Doppler effect