affect is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
advertise - affect - afford


affect is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation

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Plain form
affect

Third-person singular
affects

Past tense
affected

Past participle
affected

Present participle
affecting

Affect is on the Academic Vocabulary List.
  1. (transitive) If   affects  , then   causes a change in  .
    The movement of the soccer ball was affected by the wind.
    Sigmund Freud's ideas were affected by the writings of Frederick Nietzsche.
    How do you think the new government will affect the economy?
  2. (transitive) If you affect a way of speaking, walking, dressing, etc., you pretend that it is your normal way, often to impress people.
    "No, ma'm," Robert said, affecting a southern accent.
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Singular
affect

Plural
affects

  1. (countable & uncountable) Your affect is the emotion or feeling you have in response to an idea, object, etc.
    Actors need to bring out the affect of the scene.
  2. (uncountable) Affect is emotion or emotional response.
    When teaching, we need to consider both ideas and affect.
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