How do you use the word "effect" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "effect" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "effect": Smoking has an ill effect upon health. In music or speaking, a pause is frequently used for dramatic effect.

Effect Meaning

/ɪˈfɛkt/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe result or outcome of a cause.

nounImpression left on the mind; sensation produced.

Sentence Examples

Smoking has an ill effect upon health.

In music or speaking, a pause is frequently used for dramatic effect.

The crisis had a negative effect on trade.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

event result issue

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The new law will have a significant ____ on small businesses in the region.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Smoking has an ill ____ upon health.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin effectuslbor. Old French effectbor. Middle English effect English effect Of the noun: from Middle English effect, from Old French effect (modern French effet), from Latin effectus (“an effect, tendency, purpose”), from efficiō (“accomplish, complete, effect”); see effect as a verb. Displaced Old English fremming, fremednes from fremman. Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Medieval Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Medieval Latin faciō Medieval Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Medieval Latin -tus Medieval Latin effectus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Medieval Latin -ō Medieval Latin effectuōder. Middle English effecten English effect Of the verb: from Middle English effecten, partly from Medieval Latin effectuō, from Latin effectus, perfect passive participle of efficiō (“accomplish, complete, do, effect”), from ex (“out”) + faciō (“do, make”) (see fact and compare affect, infect) and partly from the noun effect.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed." — 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

"The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar." — 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

"The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll." — 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:

"patchwork […] introduced for oratorical effect" — 1832 October 26, unknown author, “The Tears of Parents”, in The Christian Observer, volume 32:

"The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place." — 1832, Washington Irving, Tales of the Alhambra:

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