Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to affect
Participle: affected
Gerund: affecting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | affect |
| you | affect |
| he;she;it | affects |
| we | affect |
| you | affect |
| they | affect |
Perfect
| I | have affected |
| you | have affected |
| he;she;it | has affected |
| we | have affected |
| you | have affected |
| they | have affected |
Past
| I | affected |
| you | affected |
| he;she;it | affected |
| we | affected |
| you | affected |
| they | affected |
Pluperfect
| I | had affected |
| you | had affected |
| he;she;it | had affected |
| we | had affected |
| you | had affected |
| they | had affected |
Future
| I | will affect |
| you | will affect |
| he;she;it | will affect |
| we | will affect |
| you | will affect |
| they | will affect |
Future Perfect
| I | will have affected |
| you | will have affected |
| he;she;it | will have affected |
| we | will have affected |
| you | will have affected |
| they | will have affected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | affect |
| you | affect |
| he;she;it | affect |
| we | affect |
| you | affect |
| they | affect |
Perfect
| I | have affected |
| you | have affected |
| he;she;it | have affected |
| we | have affected |
| you | have affected |
| they | have affected |
Imperfect
| I | affected |
| you | affected |
| he;she;it | affected |
| we | affected |
| you | affected |
| they | affected |
Pluperfect
| I | had affected |
| you | had affected |
| he;she;it | had affected |
| we | had affected |
| you | had affected |
| they | had affected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would affect |
| you | would affect |
| he;she;it | would affect |
| we | would affect |
| you | would affect |
| they | would affect |
Perfect
| I | would have affected |
| you | would have affected |
| he;she;it | would have affected |
| we | would have affected |
| you | would have affected |
| they | would have affected |
Imperative
| you | affect |
| we | Let's affect |
| you | affect |
Verbs conjugated like 'affect'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'affect'
effect,
abject,
adject,
adlect,
advect,
affear,
affeer,
afflict,
allect,
arrect,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to have to do with; be relevant to
- bear on, bear upon, concern, impact, involve, pertain, refer, regard, relate, touch
- influence
- change, modify, concern, sway, get, alter, transform
- impress
- stir, touch, move, pierce, overcome, strike, tear, hit
- pretend
- fake, feign, adopt, sham, assume
Antonyms
- influence
- ineffectiveness, impotence, futility, incapacity
- pretend
- verify, substantiate, test, unmask
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1374, "mental state," from L.
affectus, pp. of
afficere "act on, have influence on," a verb of broad meaning, from
ad- "to" +
facere (pp.
factus) "do" (see factitious). The verb meaning "to make an impression on" is attested from 1631.
2. 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. See: Latin '
afficere'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] the public institutions and charities of this capital of Massachusetts are as nearly perfect, as the most considerate wisdom, benevolence, and humanity, can make them. I never in my life was more affected by the contemplation of happiness, under circumstances of privation and bereavement, than in my visits to these establishments.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Now, that's just like St. Clare ! ” said the latter, withdrawing her handkerchief with somewhat of a spirited flourish when the criminal to be affected by it was no longer in sight. “ He never realizes, never can, never will, what I suffer, and have, for years. If I was one of the complaining sort, or ever made any fuss about my ailments, there [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] sum in gold for our travelling expenses, in my dressing-case. Some of the luggage, however, piled against the panels, soon settled this difficulty, and my sleep would not have been very much affected that night, I believe, though it had failed to do so.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] she would be ruined. We might as well allow the small-pox to run among them, and think our children would not take it, as to let them be uninstructed and vicious, and think our children will not be affected by that. Yet our laws positively and utterly forbid any efficient general educational system, and they do it wisely, too; for, just begin and thoroughly educate one generation, and the whole thing [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Singular ! ” said St. Clare, turning away, “ that the story of a man that lived and died eighteen hundred years ago can affect people so yet. But he was no man, ” he added, suddenly. “ No man ever had such long and living power ! O, that I could believe what my mother taught me, and pray as I did when I was a boy ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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St. Clare was a good deal affected at the sight of it; the little book had been rolled in a long strip of black crape, torn from the funeral weeds.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] was listening in the outer verandah, was drawn by the sound to the very door, where he stood earnestly. He did not understand the words, of course; but the music and manner of singing appeared to affect him strongly, especially when St. Clare sang the more pathetic parts. Tom would have sympathized more heartily, if he had known the meaning of the beautiful words: —
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Tottering with weakness, she came forward, and delivered her basket. It was of full weight, as Legree well perceived; but, affecting anger, he said,
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] stoutly to Cassy, still sallied forth from the house with a degree of misgiving which was not common with him. His dreams of the past night, mingled with Cassy's prudential suggestions, considerably affected his mind. He resolved that nobody should be witness of his encounter with Tom; and determined, if he could not subdue him by bullying, to defer his vengeance, to be wreaked in a more convenient [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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At this moment, Legree sauntered up to the door of the shed, looked in, with a dogged air of affected carelessness, and turned away.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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mostly human cognitive power to, like, AI cognitive power, and it affects everyone,
(The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist)