Synonym: influence, move, persuade, sway. Similar words: effect, in effect, take effect, effectively, effectiveness, the greenhouse effect, decaffeinated, infection. Meaning: [ə'fekt] n. the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion. v. 1. have an effect upon 2. act physically on; have an effect upon 3. connect closely and often incriminatingly 4. make believe with the intent to deceive 5. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.
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181, Severity of symptoms may be important but psychosocial factors must also affect the decision.
182, The tannins affect the absorption by the birds' guts of certain essential nutrients causing low growth rates which are sometimes fatal.
183, The vagaries of her life and moods can intrude on the household or affect the child.
184, This outbreak illustrates how factors such as weather and demographic changes can affect the emergence of public health problems from infectious diseases.
185, In this sense, government growth means passing more laws which affect an increasingly large number of aspects of our lives.
186, Look, who should be the leaders, the individuals who make the decisions that affect the lives of ordinary people?
187, Overall responsibility for policy matters that affect the committees therefore lies with the Department of Trade and Industry.
188, If this results in objections it may affect our ability to provide a shelter.
189, Phillips's letter assesses how cuts might affect the research councils.
190, Changes in money supply affect aggregate demand in three stages: 1.
191, Daytime drowsiness and associated sleep disorders can affect the quality of your life and can cause accidents, especially among drivers.
192, In addition, the timing of elections can also affect the structure of power within presidential democracies.
193, The court decision did not affect term limits for state offices.
194, But as the study just cited indicates, environmental influences can powerfully affect the way genetic predispositions are expressed in human behavior.
195, Being over-weight, and eating and exercising inappropriately, will make many diseases worse and will affect the quality of life.
196, We know they exist, but how do they affect the reasoning process?
197, National and international events are covered when they affect the local area.
198, The reduction in distributable reserves may, of course, affect the company's ability to pay future dividends.
199, Certain ways of putting things are more likely than others to affect people adversely.
200, At another level,(www.Sentencedict.com) there is the question of who should determine major decisions which affect local communities.
201, Hard water will, of course, affect soaping processes and consume soap by the formation of insoluble calcium and magnesium soaps.
202, The person will have a high level of emotional arousal and be particularly sensitive to social influences which can affect arousal.
203, Reductions would affect especially artillery and anti-tank weapons, while procurement of naval vessels would be slowed.
204, Minor changes in sentence structure can affect the accuracy of recall.
205, At first the others joked about it, but their air of exclusivity began to affect team performance.
206, Different treatment methods - surgery, chemotherapy, or a combination of both - did not significantly affect survival.
207, But there has been little systematic investigation of how different approaches affect the process of analysis and theoretical development.
208, Do not use coral sand as a filter bed substrate as this will gradually dissolve and affect the calcium level.
209, By the 1990s the change to the meritocrats had begun to affect the highest levels of the party.
210, It might be safely affirmed that almost all occupations more or less affect the health.
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