affected
/əˈfɛk.tɪd/
adjectiveverbaf · fect · ed
Think: **a** thing **f**eels an **effect** — **af-fect-ed** means “having an effect on.”
Yes, it's affected. Don’t mix it up with **effected**: **affect** (with **a**) is usually an action (to influence), so **affected** means “influenced.”
Definitions
- adjectiveinfluenced or changed by something
- adjective(of a person’s behavior) artificial or not natural; pretending
- verbpast tense of affect: to influence or produce a change in
Examples
- “The storm affected our travel plans, so we left a day early.”
- “She sounded affected when she tried to use fancy words she didn’t understand.”
- “The new rule affected everyone on the team, not just the captains.”
Synonyms
influencedimpactedchangedtouchedaltered
Antonyms
unaffected
Translations
ES afectadoPT afetadoFR affecté
Common misspellings
afectedaffecttedaffetedaffectedaffectidafecttedeffected
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