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=== Pronunciation ===
* {{enPR|əfĕkt'}}, {{IPA|/ə'fɛkt/}}
* {{SAMPA|/@"fEkt/}}
* {{audio|en-uk-affect.ogg|UK}}
* {{audio|en-au-affect.ogg|AU}}

== Verb ==
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{{AVL}}
# {{transitive}} If <math>x</math> '''affects''' <math>y</math>, then <math>x</math> [[causes]] a [[change]] in <math>y</math>. {{syn|move|change}}
#: ''The movement of the soccer ball was '''affected''' by the wind.''
#: ''Sigmund Freud's ideas were '''affected''' by the writings of Frederick Nietzsche.''
#: ''How do you think the new government will '''affect''' the economy?''
# {{transitive}} If you '''affect''' a way of speaking, walking, dressing, etc., you pretend that it is your normal way, often to impress people.
#: ''"No, ma'm," Robert said, '''affecting''' a southern accent.''

=== Related words ===
* [[affectation]]
* [[affection]]
* [[affected]]
* [[unaffected]]

== Noun ==
{{noun}}
# {{cu noun}} Your '''affect''' is the emotion or feeling you have in response to an idea, object, etc.
#: ''Actors need to bring out the '''affect''' of the scene.''
# {{uncountable}} '''Affect''' is emotion or emotional response.
#: ''When teaching, we need to consider both ideas and '''affect'''.''

=== Related words ===
* [[affective]]
* [[affectionate]]