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Note: Often confused with "effect".

Affect

//əˈfɛkt//

Synonyms for "affect" (324 found)

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Related terms

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has context

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is a

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similar

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Translations

149 translations across 38 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • أَثَّرَ verb (to influence or alter)

Asturian

1 entries
  • afeutar verb (to influence or alter)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • уплываць verb (to influence or alter)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • афе́кт noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • въздействам verb (to influence or alter)
  • вълнувам verb (to move to emotion)
  • действам verb (to influence or alter)

Catalan

2 entries
  • afecte noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • afectar verb (to influence or alter)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 影響 /影响 verb (to influence or alter)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 影響 /影响 verb (to influence or alter)

Cornish

1 entries
  • nasya verb (to influence or alter)

Czech

2 entries
  • ovlivnit verb (to influence or alter)
  • postihnout verb (to infect or harm)

Danish

4 entries
  • berøre verb (to move to emotion)
  • påvirke verb (to influence or alter)
  • påvirke verb (to infect or harm)
  • røre verb (to move to emotion)

Dutch

4 entries
  • affect noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • aantasten verb (to infect or harm)
  • beïnvloeden verb (to influence or alter)
  • emotioneren verb (to move to emotion)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • afekcio noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • afekti verb (to make a false display of)
  • efektivigi verb (to influence or alter)
  • kortuŝi verb (to move to emotion)

Faroese

1 entries
  • ávirka verb (to influence or alter)

Finnish

4 entries
  • affekti noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • esittää verb (to make a false display of)
  • liikuttaa verb (to move to emotion)
  • pitää verb (to feel affection for; to like, be fond of)

French

4 entries
  • affecter verb (to influence or alter)
  • affecter verb (to move to emotion)
  • affecter verb (to infect or harm)
  • feindre verb (to make a false display of)

Galician

1 entries
  • afectar verb (to influence or alter)

German

4 entries
  • Affekt noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • beeinflussen verb (to influence or alter)
  • bewegen verb (to move to emotion)
  • fingieren verb (to make a false display of)

Greek

4 entries
  • αίσθηση noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • βλάπτω verb (to infect or harm)
  • επηρεάζω verb (to influence or alter)
  • επιδρώ verb (to influence or alter)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • affektus noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • felindultság noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • érzelmi változás/jelenség noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • befolyásol verb (to influence or alter)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • afek noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • emosi noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • perasaan noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)

Irish

2 entries
  • cuir isteach ar verb (to influence or alter)
  • téigh i bhfeidhm ar verb (to influence or alter)

Italian

4 entries
  • alterare verb (to influence or alter)
  • colpire verb (to infect or harm)
  • commuovere verb (to move to emotion)
  • condizionare verb (to influence or alter)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 感動させる verb (to move to emotion)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ബാധിക്കുക verb (to influence or alter)
  • ബാധിക്കുക verb (to infect or harm)

Māori

1 entries
  • kawekawe verb (to influence or alter)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • affekt noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • affektere verb (to move to emotion)
  • affektere verb (to infect or harm)
  • gå utover verb (to influence or alter)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • påvirke verb (to influence or alter)

Polish

4 entries
  • afekt noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • afektować verb (to move to emotion)
  • afektować verb (to feel affection for; to like, be fond of)
  • zaafektować verb (to infect or harm)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • afeto noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • afetar verb (to influence or alter)
  • afetar verb (to infect or harm)
  • comover verb (to move to emotion)

Russian

4 entries
  • аффе́кт noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • влия́ть verb (to influence or alter)
  • возде́йствовать verb (to influence or alter)
  • волнова́ть verb (to move to emotion)

Scots

2 entries
  • affek verb (to influence or alter)
  • affek verb (to move to emotion)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries
  • afekt noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • aфект noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)
  • utjecati verb (to influence or alter)

Slovene

1 entries
  • afekt noun (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)

Spanish

4 entries
  • afectar verb (to influence or alter)
  • afectar verb (to move to emotion)
  • afectar verb (to infect or harm)
  • conmover verb (to move to emotion)

Swedish

4 entries
  • beröra verb (to move to emotion)
  • drabba verb (to infect or harm)
  • fingera verb (to make a false display of)
  • influera verb (to influence or alter)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • yām verb (to influence or alter)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • впливати verb (to influence or alter)
  • вплинути verb (to influence or alter)

Welsh

1 entries
  • effeithio ar verb (to influence or alter)

Sample sentences

42 total sentences available.

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Does the amount of rain affect the growth of crops?

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Will the strike affect the price of coal?

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We must not allow these problems to affect the project.

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Is this in fact going to affect their relationships?

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