effect
/ih-FEKT/nouna change produced by an action; a result
“The medicine's effect wears off after six hours.”
- Synonyms
- result, outcome, consequence
- Antonyms
- cause
- Memory hook
- Effect is the End result (noun); affect is the Action (verb).
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