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side-effects

side-effects is the plural of side-effect.

side-effects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of side-effect.

Meaning of side-effect

Verb

side-effect (third-person singular simple present side-effects, present participle side-effecting, simple past and past participle side-effected)

  1. (transitive) To alter as a side effect.
    • Furthermore, we are on the look-out for pre-conditions for good therapy - so as to prevent the unintended bad therapy: but our efforts are duly side-effected by lack of control over such preconditions.1980, W. de Moor, H. R. Wijngaarden, Psychotherapy, research and training, page 147

Questions about side-effects

What is side-effects the plural of?
Side-effects is the plural of side-effect.

Words near side-effects in the dictionary

  1. side-dishes
  2. side-effect
  3. side-effect-free
  4. side-effected
  5. side-effecting
  6. side-effects
  7. side-eye
  8. side-eyed
  9. side-eyeing
  10. side-eyes
  11. side-eying

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