Meaning

12 senses
  1. (transitive)To influence or alter.

    The experience affected me deeply.

    The heat of the sunlight affected the speed of the chemical reaction.

    beeinflussen

    влия́тьvlijátʹ, возде́йствоватьvozdéjstvovatʹ, меня́тьmenjátʹ

    впливатиvplyvaty, вплинутиvplynuty

  2. (transitive)To move to emotion.

    He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play.

    rühren, bewegen

    волнова́тьvolnovátʹ, тро́гатьtrógatʹ

  3. (transitive)Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).

    Hepatitis affects the liver.

    поража́тьporažátʹ

  4. (transitive)To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.

  5. (transitive)To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.

    to affect ignorance

    to affect a British accent

    vortäuschen, fingieren, vorgaukeln

    притворя́тьсяpritvorjátʹsja, де́лать видdélatʹ vid, прики́дыватьсяprikídyvatʹsja

  6. (rare, transitive)To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.

    mögen, leiden können, gernhaben

    люби́тьljubítʹ, предпочита́тьpredpočitátʹ, нра́витьсяnrávitʹsja

  7. (archaic, transitive)To dispose or incline.

  8. (archaic, transitive)To tend to by affinity or disposition.

  9. (archaic, transitive)To assign; to appoint.

  10. (archaic, transitive)To feign or pretend.

  11. (obsolete, transitive)To aim for, to try to obtain.

  12. (obsolete, transitive)To show a fondness for (something); to choose.

More definitions
  • act physically on; have an effect upon
  • have an effect upon
  • have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
  • connect closely and often incriminatingly

Examples

601 sentences
  1. I was affected by the summer heat.

    Літня спека вплинула на мене. — ChickenKiev

    ruЯ пострадал от летней жары. — habitr

    deIch wurde durch die Sommerhitze beeinträchtigt. — Esperantostern

  2. It doesn't affect me.

    Це не має на мене впливу. — deniko

    ruМеня это не касается. — use_apples

  3. How does that affect you?

    Як це на тебе впливає? — deniko

    ruКак это влияет на вас? — odexed

  4. How will this affect us?

    Як це вплине на нас? — deniko

    ruКак это на нас отразится? — odexed

  5. The strike affected the nation's economy.

    Страйк вплинув на національну економіку. — deniko

    ruЗабастовка нанесла вред национальной экономике. — sharptoothed

    deDer Streik beeinträchtigte die nationale Wirtschaft. — MUIRIEL

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to influence or alter:
Русский
By meaning 5
to influence or alter:
to move to emotion:
to infect or harm:
to make a false display of:
to feel affection for; to like, be fond of:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to influence or alter:
to move to emotion:
to make a false display of:
to feel affection for; to like, be fond of:

Origin

From Middle English affecten, from Latin affectāre, from Latin affectus, the participle st

From Middle English affecten, from Latin affectāre, from Latin affectus, the participle stem of Latin afficere (“to act upon, influence, affect, attack with disease”), from ad- + facere (“to make, do”). By surface analysis, af- + Latin -fect.

From Middle English affecten, from Anglo-Norman affecter (“strive after”), Middle French affecter (“feign”), and their source, Latin affectāre (“to strive after, aim to do, pursue, imitate with dissimulation, feign”), frequentative of afficere (“to act upon, influence”) (see Etymology 1, above).

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Forms

affects, affecting, affected, affected
Base formaffect · to affect
3rd person singularaffects
Present participleaffecting
Past simpleaffected
Past participleaffected

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyaffect
he, she, itaffects

Past simpleLesson

all personsaffected

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave affected
he, she, ithas affected

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill affect

Synonyms

25 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

18 related words

See also

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