Affect Affected əˈfekt Decision Television Children’s Behaviour I

• how will these changes affect us?
• your opinion will not affect my decision.
• the south of the country was worst affected by the drought.
• does television affect children’s behaviour?

affect

1. to produce a change in somebody/something
• How will these changes affect us?
• Your opinion will not affect my decision.
• The south of the country was worst affected by the drought.
• Does television affect children’s behaviour?
• Does television have an effect on children’s behaviour?
• They hope to effect a reconciliation.
2. to attack somebody or a part of the body; to make somebody become ill/sick
• The condition affects one in five women.
• Rub the cream into the affected areas.
3. to make somebody have strong feelings of sadness, pity, etc.
• They were deeply affected by the news of her death.
• Try not to let his problems affect you too much.
4. to pretend to be feeling or thinking something
• She affected a calmness she did not feel.
5. to use or wear something that is intended to impress other people
• I wish he wouldn't affect that ridiculous accent.

Extra Examples

• Her death affected him deeply.
• Hopefully this will not affect the outcome of the talks.
• Sales did not seem unduly affected.
• The class structure affects people’s attitudes and behaviour.
• decisions that affect all our lives
• developments that are likely to affect the environment
• factors affecting educational performance
• Education has been severely affected by the war.
• I wish he wouldn’t affect that ridiculous accent.
• Mrs Davis and her husband were profoundly affected by their experiences.
• The type of audience will affect what you say and how you say it.
• Your opinions will not affect my decision.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they affect
• he / she / it affects
• past simple affected
• past participle affected
• -ing form affecting

Word Origin

• senses 1 to 3 late Middle English (in the sense ‘attack as a disease’): from French affecter or Latin affect- ‘influenced, affected’, from the verb afficere ‘work on, influence’, from ad- ‘at, to’ + facere ‘do’.