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English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /əˈfɛktɪd/
  • Audio(US):(file)
  • Hyphenation:af‧fect‧ed

Adjective

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affected (comparativemoreaffected,superlativemostaffected)

  1. Influenced orchanged by something.
    Theaffected products had to be recalled.
  2. Simulated in order toimpress.
    Synonyms:artificial,insincere,pretentious,mannered,stilted;see alsoThesaurus:pretentious
    He spoke with anaffected English accent.
    Theaffected articulation of his opinions made it challenging to discern his true stance.
    • 1951,J. D. Salinger, chapter 26, inThe Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company,→OCLC:
      He drove over last Saturday with this English babe that’s in this new picture he’s writing. She was prettyaffected, but very good-looking.
  3. Emotionallymoved;touched.
    • 1749,Henry Fielding,The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume(please specify |volume=I to VI), London:A[ndrew] Millar, [],→OCLC:
      Jones[] was easily prevailed on to satisfy Mr Dowling's curiosity, by relating the history of his birth and education, which he did, like Othello.[] Mr Dowling was indeed very greatlyaffected with this relation; for he had not divested himself of humanity by being an attorney.
  4. (algebra, archaic)adfected.
    anaffected equation
  5. Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.

Derived terms

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Translations

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influenced or changed by something
simulated in order to impress
emotionally moved, touched
adfectedseeadfected
resulting from a mostly negative physical effect
behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner

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Noun

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affected (pluralaffecteds)

  1. Someoneaffected, as by adisease.
    • 1979,Journal of Behavioral Medicine, page306:
      Affecteds felt that they get conflicting orders from superiors more frequently than did nonaffecteds[].Affecteds were more frequently bothered by feelings of a sharp increase in their workload than nonaffecteds[].

Verb

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affected

  1. simplepast andpastparticiple ofaffect
    The thunderstormaffected the compass, and we got lost.

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