• an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold Effect in her reproductions of the original painting"
• (of a law) having legal validity; "the law is still in Effect"
• an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for Effect"
• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
• a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic Effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"
• a symptom caused by an illness or a drug; "the Effects of sleep loss"; "the Effect of the anesthetic"
• produce; "The scientists set up a shockwave"
• act so as to bring into existence; "Effect a change"

'Effect' in other languages