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special effects

special effects is the plural of special effect.

Meaning of special effect

Noun

special effect (plural special effects)

  1. (plural, usually) An effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means, as for example by the digital manipulation of previously filmed footage.
    • So popular was trickwork and spectacle with nineteenth-century audiences, in fact, that hundreds of plays were written solely as vehicles for magic, special effects, or elaborately trapped settings.2013, Joel Schechter, Popular Theatre: A Sourcebook, page 16
    Synonyms:
    FX, F/X, SFX, S.F.X.

Words formed from special effects

Questions about special effects

What is special effects the plural of?
Special effects is the plural of special effect.

Words near special effects in the dictionary

  1. special education advocate
  2. special education advocates
  3. special educator
  4. special educators
  5. special effect
  6. special effects
  7. special election
  8. special elections
  9. special event
  10. special events
  11. special forces

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