effects

Noun

effect (countable and uncountable, plural effects)

1. The result or outcome of a cause.
   • The effect of the hurricane was a devastated landscape.

   Synonyms:

   consequence, basis, cause, genesis, germ, origin, principle, reason, root, source

   Antonyms:

   basis, cause, genesis, germ, origin, principle, reason, root, source

2. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
   • patchwork […] introduced for oratorical effect1832 October, unknown author, “The Tears of Parents”, in The Christian Observer, volume 32
3. Execution; performance; realization; operation.
   • That no compunctious visitings of nature / Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between / The effect and it.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
   1. (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
      • The new law will come into effect on the first day of next year.
4. An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
   • The effect of flying was most convincing.
5. (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
   • I use an echo effect here to make the sound more mysterious.

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