affected

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/əˈfɛktɪd/]

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1. affected (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Influenced or changed by something.

Example: The affected products had to be recalled.

2. affected (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Simulated in order to impress.

Example: He spoke with an affected English accent.

3. affected (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Emotionally moved; touched.

Example: 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 greatly affected with this relation; for he had not divested himself of humanity by being an attorney.

4. affected (noun) — sense 4

Definition: Someone affected, as by a disease.

Example: 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 […].

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