Dictionary Entry
affect
affect is a 6-letter English word with 16 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 16 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
- 2transitive verb
To influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.
- 3transitive verb
To love; to regard with affection.
- 4transitive verb
To show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually.
- 5transitive verb
To dispose or incline.
- 6transitive verb
To aim at; to aspire; to covet.
- 7transitive verb
To tend to by affinity or disposition.
- 8transitive verb
To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance.
- 9transitive verb
To assign; to appoint.
- 10noun
Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.
- 11noun
the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
- 12verb
act physically on; have an effect upon
"the medicine affects my heart rate"
- 13verb
have an effect upon
"Will the new rules affect me?"
- 14verb
make believe with the intent to deceive
"He feigned that he was ill"
"He shammed a headache"
- 15verb
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
"This child impressed me as unusually mature"
"This behavior struck me as odd"
- 16verb
connect closely and often incriminatingly
"This new ruling affects your business"
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