Synonym: accomplish, achieve, cause, complete, determine, evoke, execute, influence, make, perform, produce. Antonym: cause. Similar words: in effect, take effect, effectively, effectiveness, the greenhouse effect, affect, infection, effort. Meaning: [ɪ'fekt] n. 1. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon 2. an outward appearance 3. (of a law) having legal validity 4. a symptom caused by an illness or a drug 5. an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived) 6. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work. v. 1. produce 2. act so as to bring into existence.
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211. The drug has had no significant effect on stopping the spread of the disease.
212. The doctor advised Facer to slack up for few days, as his lifestyle was having a bad effect on his heart.
213. The prime minister's final speech had the desired effect, whipping his party into a patriotic fervour.
214. New legislation on drink-driving comes into effect at the end of the year.
215. The bank crash has had a ripple effect on the whole community.
215. Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.
216. This budget will have a net expansionary effect on the economy.
217. According to mechanistic views of behaviour, human action can be explained in terms of cause and effect.
218. When she finished painting, she stepped back to admire the overall effect.
219. The gases that may be warming the planet will have their main effect many years hence.
220. The two types of chocolate in the cake give a marbled effect.
221. The dry weather had an adverse effect on the potato crops.
222. The slave trade had an ineradicable effect on world history.
223. Did the scandal have any effect on the course of the election?
224. The cuts in government funding have had a pernicious effect on local health services.
225. The effect was exactly the opposite to what he intended.
226. Display the hologram under a strong light for maximum effect.
227. Their strategy is expansionist and im-perialist, and it is greatest in effect, of course(Sentencedict.com), when there is no countervailing power.
228. She uses animal sounds to create startling effect in her music.
229. They were arguing about the deterrent effect of nuclear weapons.
230. As a policy, it did not produce the desired effect .
231. The consensus is that risk factors have an accumu-lative effect.
232. A good artist can produce a very realistic effect using only light and shade.
233. The road safety programme is having a demonstrable effect on road users.
234. The bad news had a sobering effect on all of us.
235. The most noticeable effect of these changes is in the way people are now working together.
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