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affecter — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • affect verb To influence or make a difference to something.
  • impact noun The force of one object striking another; a collision.
  • impair verb To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

Senses

affecter is used for these senses in English:

  • affect (transitive) To influence or alter.
  • affect (transitive) To move to emotion.
  • affect (transitive, pathology) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
  • impact (transitive) To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.
  • impair (transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

affect — full definition

  1. verb To influence or make a difference to something.
  2. verb To pretend to have or feel a quality; to put on.

impact — full definition

  1. noun The force of one object striking another; a collision.
  2. noun A significant effect or influence.
  3. verb To have a significant effect on something.
  4. verb To strike or collide with something forcefully.

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