Thesaurus: effect

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1. n. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.
2. n. Manifestation; expression; sign.
3. n. In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.
4. n. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
5. n. Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.
6. n. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.
7. n. The purport; the sum and substance.
8. n. Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
9. n. Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.
10. v. t. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
11. v. t. To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.
12. n. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon