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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæ.fɛkt/
Pronunciation (ENPR): ă'fĕkt

Definition 1:
• A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus.
Labels: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

Definition 2:
• Mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.
Labels: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

Definition 3:
• One's mood or inclination; mental state.
Labels: obsolete

Definition 4:
• A desire, an appetite.
Labels: obsolete
Verb
Pronunciation: /əˈfɛkt/
Pronunciation (ENPR): əfĕkt'

Definition 1:
• To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.
Example: to affect ignorance
Example: to affect a British accent
Example: He managed to affect a smile despite feeling quite miserable.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: fake, simulate, feign
Labels: transitive

Definition 2:
• To aim for, to try to obtain.
Labels: obsolete, transitive

Definition 3:
• To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
Labels: rare, transitive

Definition 4:
• To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
Labels: obsolete, transitive
Verb
Pronunciation: /əˈfɛkt/
Pronunciation (ENPR): ə'fĕkt

Definition 1:
• To influence or alter.
Example: The experience affected me deeply.
Example: The heat of the sunlight affected the speed of the chemical reaction.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: alter, change, have an effect on, influence, play a role in, play a part in
Labels: transitive

Definition 2:
• To move to emotion.
Example: He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: move, touch
Labels: transitive

Definition 3:
• Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
Example: Hepatitis affects the liver.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: attack, harm, infect
Labels: medicine, pathology, sciences, transitive

Definition 4:
• To dispose or incline.
Labels: archaic, transitive

Definition 5:
• To tend to by affinity or disposition.
Labels: archaic, transitive

Definition 6:
• To assign; to appoint.
Labels: archaic, transitive

Definition 7:
• To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.
Labels: transitive

Definition 8:
• To feign or pretend.
Labels: archaic, transitive

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/affect