Definitions for affecting
əˈfɛk tɪŋaf·fect·ing

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1. affecting, poignant, touchingadjective

   arousing affect

   "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching"

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1. affectingadjective

   Producing strong feelings and emotions.

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1. affecting

   Affecting refers to causing an impact, influencing, altering or changing something in any manner. This term can apply to a variety of contexts ranging from emotions, decisions, to even physical conditions or environments.

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1. Affecting

   of Affect

2. Affectingadjective

   moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions; pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting sight

3. Affectingadjective

   affected; given to false show

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'affecting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4721

How to pronounce affecting?

1. Alex

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   Libby

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of affecting in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of affecting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of affecting in a Sentence

1. Ansel Adams:

   Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

2. Dean Koontz, Watchers:

   Although the constant shadow of certain death looms over everyday, the pleasures and joys of life can be so fine and affecting that the heart is nearly stilled in astonishment.

3. Javier Villalobos:

   Our bridges are closed. We have two bridges Anzalduas and we also have Hidalgo. So, people ca n’t come across it because of COVID. Now, what's a little difficult is for us to comprehend is how other people can come in and they're being allowed, yet people that cross over legally ca n’t. It's affecting our economy ; it's affecting our downtown area specifically. That's where a lot of Mexicans come and do their shopping. So, it's affecting us. Once it opens up, we hope that we get back to where we used to be.

4. Paul Offit:

   First of all, that wasn't true. Those two proteins are very different. It's like saying you and I both have the same social security number because they both contain the number five. So that was wrong to begin with, if it was affecting fertility, if natural infection was affecting fertility, then birth rates should have gone down, but that's not what happened. Birth rates have actually gone up slightly. So, those are two pieces of evidence that argue against this vaccine or natural infection in any sense affecting fertility.

5. Sean Furey:

   We've talked to some biologists and we feel it's probably affecting the health of the whales, affecting their ability to feed so we just want to make sure that the whales are safe out there and keep everybody safe here.

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