affect in English: To change someone or something, or to have a strong effect on them. (verb)

Translation

To change someone or something, or to have a strong effect on them.

Word origin

From Latin afficere, to act on or influence, from ad- and facere meaning to do.

Verb typeregular (affect, affects, affected)

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Here "affect" means it changed the plans.

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"Affect" shows one thing changing another.

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"Affect" is the verb; the noun is "effect".

change

To make something different, or to become different.

cause

To make something happen, most often something bad.

effect

The change that happens because of something else.

feel

To have an emotion or a sense in your body, or to touch something to learn about it.

result

The thing that happens because of something you do or because of an event.

influence

The power to change what people think or do, without using force.

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