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effects

The correct spelling is effects.

How to pronounce effects

/ɪˈfɛkts/
noun

IPA: /ɪˈfɛkts/

Say it like: Eff-ect-s

The correct spelling is effects. The result or outcome of a cause. For example: "The effect of the hurricane was a devastated landscape."

Usage Examples

The effect of the hurricane was a devastated landscape.

The effect of flying was most convincing.

I just bought a couple of great effects.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The result or outcome of a cause.
  2. 2.Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
  3. 3.Execution; performance; realization; operation.
  4. 4.An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
  5. 5.(sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.

verb

  1. 1.To make or bring about; to implement.

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