Definitions for AFFECTED
əˈfɛk tɪdaf·fect·ed

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. affectedadjective

   acted upon; influenced

2. affected, unnaturaladjective

   speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

3. moved(p), affected, stirred, touchedadjective

   being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion

   "too moved to speak"; "very touched by the stranger's kindness"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. affectednoun

   Someone affected, as by a disease.

2. affectedadjective

   influenced or changed by something

   The affected compass was impossible to use, so we got lost.

3. affectedadjective

   simulated in order to impress

   He spoke with an affected English accent.

4. affectedadjective

   Emotionally moved; touched.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Affectedparticipial adj.

   Etymology: from affect.

   1. Moved; touched with affection; internally disposed or inclined.

   No marvel then if he were ill affected;
   ’Tis they have put him on the old man’s death,
   To have th’ expence and waste of his revenues. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   He was assured, that the model they seemed affected to in their directory, was not like to any of their foreign reformed churches now in the world. Edward Hyde.

   2. Studied with over-much care, or with hypocritical appearance.

   These antick, lisping, affected phantasies, these new tuners of accents. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.

   3. In a personal sense, full of affectation; as, an affected lady.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Affected

   of Affect

2. Affected

   regarded with affection; beloved

3. Affected

   inclined; disposed; attached

4. Affected

   given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real

5. Affected

   assumed artificially; not natural

6. Affected

   made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. affected

   An algebraic term for an equation in which the unknown quantity rises to two or more several powers.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'AFFECTED' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1905

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'AFFECTED' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2906

How to pronounce AFFECTED?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say AFFECTED in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of AFFECTED in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of AFFECTED in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of AFFECTED in a Sentence

1. Elena Collinson:

   Even allowing for circumstances in which the case brought against her has some substance, it is just very difficult to believe that tensions between Australia and China haven't in some way affected or factored into this case, it may well be that the number of years in the sentence will be tailored to send some sort of political message.

2. Daily Telegraph:

   A part of our website run by a third-party was compromised earlier today, we've removed the component. No Telegraph user data was affected.

3. Keith Beitler:

   It was brought to our attention that an employee of Rainforest Caf in San Antonio shared personal comments on a private group Facebook page, this is not reflective of our company’s views and this employee is no longer employed with us. Our hearts go out to all those affected by Hurricane’s Harvey devastation.

4. Zara Patel:

   Patients who suffer from decreased or total loss of smell, called ‘hyposmia’ or ‘anosmia’ are deeply affected by this problem, compared to the other special senses, for example, loss of vision or hearing, the loss of smell is often thought of as relatively inconsequential, but this is far from the truth.

5. Texas AM University-Commerce:

   Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, families, and friends of those affected by this morning's shooting in Greenville.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=AFFECTED
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Affected
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=AFFECTED
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/AFFECTED
5. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=AFFECTED