in effect
in effect adjective: operating or functioning; in force; in play.
Adjective
in effect (not comparable)
Adverb
in effect (not comparable)
- For all practical purposes; in practice; actually; essentially; basically.
- Separated from the rest of Heathrow, this would, in effect, be a second airport.2007, The Guardian, Aug 21 2007, George Monbiot.
- Synonyms:
- effectively, at bottom, at heart, au fond, basically, by definition, deep down, essentially, fundamentally, in essence
in effect meaning in Marathi, Malayalam and Thai
in effect in Marathi
- in effect
- जारी jārī
in effect in Malayalam
- in reality, really, in truth
- ഫലത്തിൽ, പ്രാവർത്തികമായി, വാസ്തവത്തിൽ, അനുഭവത്തിൽ, യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ, വസ്തുനിഷ്ഠമായി
in effect in Thai
- operating or functioning; in force; in play
- มีผลบังคับใช้ mii-pǒn-bang-káp-chái, มีผลใช้บังคับ mii-pǒn-chái-bang-káp
Synonyms of in effect
- standing
- effectively
- at bottom
- at heart
- au fond
- basically
- by definition
- deep down
- essentially
- fundamentally
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Questions about in effect
- What does in effect mean?
- In effect means operating or functioning; in force; in play.
- What is in effect in Marathi?
- In effect in Marathi is जारी (jārī). See In effect meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is in effect?
- In effect can be an adjective or an adverb.
Words near in effect in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: in effect (page history and authors); जारी (Marathi) (page history and authors); in effect (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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