The words effect and affect are often confused. The most common use of effect is as a noun referring to a change or result.

Effect appears less often as a verb, but when it does, it means “produce.” Usually, it’s a noun. It can even refer to your belongings, like when you get kicked out and your former roomie begs you to get …

effect noun (THEATRE, ETC.) effects [ plural ] (also special effects) B1 lighting, sounds, and objects that are specially produced for the stage or a film and are intended to make something that does not exist …

Definition of effect noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [countable, uncountable] a change that somebody/something causes in somebody/something else; a result. What are the long …

What do you think we should do now? The ball is in your court. She's waiting for the ball to be in her court. I stood up quickly and balled my hands into fists. He balled the letter in his hands and threw it …

A result may be near or remote, and often is the sum of effects or consequences as making an end or final outcome: The English language is the result of the fusion of many different elements.

A person's effects are the things that they have with them at a particular time, for example when they are arrested or admitted to hospital, or the things that they owned when they died.

Affect and effect are two of the most commonly confused words in English, but don’t worry—we’ll help you keep them straight. The basic difference is this: affect is usually a verb, and effect is usually a …

How does the verb effect contrast with its synonyms? Some common synonyms of effect are accomplish, achieve, discharge, execute, fulfill, and perform. While all these words mean "to carry …

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