effect

/i-ˈfekt/

Middle English effect, effete "achievement, result, capacity to produce a result, gist, purpose," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French effette, effect, borrowed from Latin effectus "carrying out (of a purpose or task), result, mode of operation," from effec-, variant stem of efficere "to make, construct, bring about, produce, carry out" (from ef-, assimilated form of ex- + facere "to do, make, bring about") + -tus, suffix of action nouns

noun

  1. something that inevitably follows an antecedent (such as a cause or agent) : result, outcome

  2. a distinctive impression

  3. the creation of a desired impression

the effects of the policy

verb

  1. to cause to come into being

  2. to bring about often by surmounting obstacles : accomplish

  3. to put into operation

perform execute discharge accomplish achieve effect fulfill mean to carry out or into effect. perform implies action that follows established patterns or procedures or fulfills agreed-upon requirements and often connotes special skill. execute stresses the carrying out of what exists in plan or in intent.

noun

  1. a process in which an atom that has been ionized through the emission of an electron with energy in the X-ray range undergoes a transition in which a second electron is emitted rather than an X-ray photon —called also Auger process