"affect" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ə'fɛkt/ Audio: en-uk-affect.ogg [UK], en-au-affect.ogg [Australia] Forms: affect [singular], affects [plural]
enPR: əfĕkt' Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Your affect is the emotion or feeling you have in response to an idea, object, etc.
    Sense id: simple-affect-en-noun-gcH4B1Ag
  2. Affect is emotion or emotional response.
    Sense id: simple-affect-en-noun-QNreMJqo

Verb [English]

IPA: /ə'fɛkt/ Audio: en-uk-affect.ogg [UK], en-au-affect.ogg [Australia] Forms: affect [canonical], affects [third-person, singular], affected [past], affected [past, participle], affecting [present, participle]
enPR: əfĕkt' Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If x affects y, then x causes a change in y. Synonyms: move, change
    Sense id: simple-affect-en-verb-qFXVOIwr
  2. If you affect a way of speaking, walking, dressing, etc., you pretend that it is your normal way, often to impress people.
    Sense id: simple-affect-en-verb-9ATS37Qc
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          "text": "Sigmund Freud's ideas were affected by the writings of Frederick Nietzsche."
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          "text": "\"No, ma'm,\" Robert said, affecting a southern accent."
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