Definitions for effects
ɪˈfɛktsef·fects

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1. effects, personal effectsnoun

   property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business

   "she left some of her personal effects in the house"; "I watched over their effects until they returned"

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1. effectsnoun

   belongings

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1. effects

   Personal property; sale of effects; or the auction of the property of deceased officers and seamen: "The effects of that sail Will be a sale of effects."

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1. effectsverb

   Verb form of the word effect.

   The effects of the changes are beautiful, we are all focused on creating optimum health, human rights, unity government and shared prosperity for all.

   Submitted by MaryC on May 8, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Personal Property

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'effects' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #894

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'effects' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1964

How to pronounce effects?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say effects in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of effects in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of effects in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of effects in a Sentence

1. Geoffrey Kabat:

   What the public wants to know is: What are the agents in our surroundings that are likely to have palpable effects on our health? Not theoretical exposures which might, under some far-fetched conditions, possibly have an effect.

2. Vladimir Putin:

   If the price of energy is lowered on purpose, this also hits those who introduce those limits, It's far from certain that sanctions, sharp falls in the oil price (and) the depreciation of the national currency will cause negative effects or catastrophic consequences only for us. No such thing will happen!.

3. Jari Laukkanen:

   We think that results would be very similar in different populations including women, however, further studies are needed to show the effects of sauna among women and different age groups.

4. Cobb Scott:

   We looked at everything from learning and memory to different aspects of executive functioning such as abstraction ability, and we basically showed that the largest effects -- which was around a third of a standard deviation -- was in the learning of new information and some aspects of executive functioning, memory and speed of processing.

5. John Holloway:

   We must also remember that it is not just the acute effects of pollution on children's health mentioned in the report that we need to be concerned about, it is also the potential long-term effects of exposure to pollutants in early life that can have lifelong effects on health and well-being.

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