Definitions For Effect

noun

  • An outward appearance
  • (of a law) having legal validity
  • An impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
  • The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
  • A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
  • A symptom caused by an illness or a drug
  • A change that results when something is done or happens : an event, condition, or state of affairs that is produced by a cause
  • A particular feeling or mood created by something
  • An image or a sound that is created in television, radio, or movies to imitate something real

verb

  • Produce
  • Act so as to bring into existence
  • To cause (something) : to make (something) happen
  • To cause (something) to produce the desired result

Is Effect a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
15

The word Effect is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Effect in a Sentence

  • He now needs more of the drug to achieve the same effect.
  • The experience has had a bad effect on him.
  • Computers have had a profound effect on our lives.
  • They are trying to effect a settlement of the dispute.
  • The duty of the legislature is to effect the will of the people.

Synonyms for Effect

Antonyms for Effect

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