'effect' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'effect' with 20 example sentences.
- effect noun
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: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
: an outward appearance
: an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
: (of a law) having legal validity
: a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
- effect verb
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: produce
: act so as to bring into existence
effects
greenhouse effect
side effect
take effect
in effect
special effect
put into effect
have an effect
come into effect
The vaccine has no effect.
Some scientists believe that the greenhouse effect is imaginary.
The medicine had an immediate effect.
This medicine has no harmful side-effects.
This regulation will take effect next year.
The storm had a serious effect on the economy.
The climate has a big effect on our health.
What effect will that have?
Sometimes, a small change can have a big effect.
What are the side effects of this medicine?
That law took effect today.
It had a profound effect on me.
It has had no effect on him.
The effect was quite different from what was intended.
Coffee may have a bad effect on the stomach.
His remarks had the opposite effect.
The effects of the drug are intense but brief.
The special effects are excellent.
I hope to effect positive change in the world.
This has visual impairment as a side effect.