What does affected mean?
Definitions for affected
əˈfɛk tɪdaf·fect·ed
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Princeton's WordNet
affectedadjective
acted upon; influenced
affected, unnaturaladjective
speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
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"
Wiktionary
affectednoun
Someone affected, as by a disease.
affectedadjective
influenced or changed by something
The affected compass was impossible to use, so we got lost.
affectedadjective
simulated in order to impress
He spoke with an affected English accent.
affectedadjective
Emotionally moved; touched.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Affectedparticipial adj.
Etymology: from affect.
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.
These antick, lisping, affected phantasies, these new tuners of accents. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.
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affected
Affected refers to being influenced or touched by an external factor; changed or impacted in a certain way. It can also refer to behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress.
affected
Affected refers to being influenced or impacted by something. It can also mean displaying a behavior or attitude that is not natural or genuine, usually to impress others. In the context of emotions or health, it suggests being in a state of being altered or changed.
affected
Affected refers to a condition or state being influenced or changed due to an action, a situation, or an event. It can also refer to showing artificial or pretentious behavior, not natural or genuine.
Webster Dictionary
Affected
of Affect
Affected
regarded with affection; beloved
Affected
inclined; disposed; attached
Affected
given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real
Affected
assumed artificially; not natural
Affected
made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
affected
An algebraic term for an equation in which the unknown quantity rises to two or more several powers.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'affected' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1905
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'affected' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2906
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of affected in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of affected in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of affected in a Sentence
It's sort of counterintuitive, you think, in these flood-affected areas, these things should be wiped out. But really, things get wiped out, but they come back very quickly. They can become much more abundant than they were prior to flooding.
This is really a grassroots effort, we are the people affected so we are the people who are outside in the streets demanding change.
Theoretically a weak currency should help export competitiveness, but given that we produce things with imported raw materials, a weak rupiah actually increased costs and that affected exports.
Production will be affected if the mines remain shut for more days.
All of the safety systems of the six reactors at the plant were not affected at all and there has been no release of radioactive material, however, as you can imagine, the operator and the regulator have been telling us that the situation naturally continues to be extremely tense and challenging.
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- متأثرArabic
- terpengaruhIndonesian
- dotkniętyPolish
- пострадавшихRussian
- متاثرہUrdu
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