Definitions for affecting
əˈfɛk tɪŋaf·fect·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say affecting in sign language?

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. Rachel Kyte:

   There are still fossil fuel subsidies from G7 countries — that's ridiculous, why we are subsidizing something we know is killing our children, poisoning them and affecting their ability to learn ? That's beyond me.

2. State Senator Todd Weiler:

   I’m being mocked by the media about this but it is affecting people’s lives and families, this is not a Mormon thing, a Utah thing. This is not a conservative thing.It’s based on science. Not all scientists will agree on this, but scientists don’t agree on everything.

3. Stephanie Aaronson:

   There just seem to be a lot of factors that are affecting people's employment and labor force decisions now.

4. Kyrsten Sinema:

   [W]hile I continue to support these bills, I will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division affecting our country.

5. Scott Solombrino:

   It is fundamentally affecting the way many companies are now doing business, if this turns into a global pandemic, the industry may well lose billions of dollars -- an impact that will have negative ramifications for the entire global economy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=affecting
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Affecting
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affecting