effect

effect
n.
efficacy
influence

1) to have, produce an effect on

2) to heighten an effect

3) to take effect (the drug took effect)

4) to feel an effect (I feel the effect of the narcotic)

5) to mar; negate, nullify; sleep off the effect (of smt.)

6) an adverse; beneficial, salutary; calculated; cumulative; deleterious, harmful; desired; dramatic; exhilarating; far-reaching; hypnotic; limited, marginal; minimal; net; practical; profound effect

7) a domino; greenhouse ('warming of the earth's surface'); halo ('overly favorable judgment based on irrelevant factors'); knock-on (BE) ('additional'); placebo; retroactive; ripple ('gradually spreading influence'); side effect

8) an effect wears off

9) to little effect

operation

10) to put into effect (to put new regulations into effect)

11) to go into, take effect (when does the new law take effect?)

12) in effect (the ordinance is still in effect)

desired impression

13) for effect (she said that purely for effect)

meaning

14) to the effect (he said smt. to the effect that he might be late; words to that effect)

reality
practice

15) in effect

* * *
[ɪ'fekt]
. limited
cumulative
desired
dramatic
far-reaching
hypnotic
marginal
minimal
negate
nullify
produce an effect on
profound effect
salutary
side effect
sleep off the effect
knock-on ('additional'; BE)
ripple ('gradually spreading influence')
halo ('overly favorable judgment based on irrelevant factors')
greenhouse ('wanning of the earth's surface')
take effect (when does the new law take effect?)
['efficacy'] ['influence'] to have
['reality'] ['practice'] in effect
a domino
an adverse
an effect wears off
to go into
to heighten an effect
to little effect
to mar
to feel an effect (I feel the effect of the narcotic)
['meaning'] to the effect (he said smt. to the effect that he might be late; words to that effect)
['desired impression'] for effect (she said that purely for effect)
to take effect (the drug took effect)
in effect (the ordinance is still in effect)
['operation'] to put into effect (to put new regulations into effect)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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