effect

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

Result of a cause

Nouns

1. effect, consequence, result, upshot, issue, outcome, outgowth, denouement; outgrowth, development, aftermath, aftereffect, fallout, butterfly effect, domino effect, ripple effect, trickle-down theory; occurrence; corollary. Slang, payoff. See sequence.

2. product, output, work, handiwork, performance; creature, creation; offspring, offshoot, spin-off, by-product; fruit, first fruits, crop, harvest; effectiveness.

Verbs

1. effect, cause, create, effectuate, produce, bring about, give rise to.

2. be the effect or result of; be due or owing to; originate in or from; rise, ensue, arise, spring, eventuate, proceed, emanate, come, grow, issue, or result from; come out of, follow, come to; cut both or two ways, pan out, fare; hinge on.

3. take effect (see occurrence).

Adjectives

1. owing to, resulting from, due to, attributable to, caused by, dependent upon, derived or evolved from; derivative, hereditary.

2. consequent, resultant, contingent, eventual, consequential.

Adverbs — of course, it follows that, so that, in effect, therefore, hence, naturally, consequently, as a consequence, in consequence, in the wake of, through, necessarily, eventually.

Conjunctions — owing to, resulting from, due to; contingent on, following from or upon.

Phrases — garbage in, garbage out; great oaks from little acorns grow; what goes up must come down; one [good] thing leads to another.

Quotations — Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap (Bible), Between good sense and good taste there is the same difference as between cause and effect (Jean de la Bruyère), The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause (Henri Bergson), Every positive value has its price in negative terms.... The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima (Pablo Picasso).

Antonyms, see cause.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Result]

Syn. conclusion, consequence, outcome; see result .

2. [Impact]

Syn. influence, impression, force; see impact 2 .

• give effect to,

Syn. practice, employ, activate; see use 1 .

• in effect,

Syn. in fact, as a result, actually, virtually; see essentially , really 1 .

• take effect,

Syn. work, produce results, become operative; see act 1 .

• to the effect (that),

Syn. as a result, so that, therefore; see for .

See Synonym Study at result . v.

1. [To bring about]

Syn. produce, cause, make; see begin 1 , cause 2 .

2. [To achieve]

Syn. accomplish, conclude, fulfill; see achieve 1 , perform 1 .

See Synonym Study at perform .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

1. result consequence, upshot, reaction, response, aftermath, end, fallout, wake, repercussion.

2. influence impact, force, weight, power, clout, efficacy.

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v.

bring about, cause, actualize, produce, achieve, make, create, generate, accomplish.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. Something brought about by a cause: aftermath, consequence, corollary, end product, event, fruit, harvest, issue, outcome, precipitate, ramification, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, sequent, upshot. See CAUSE. 2. The power or capacity to produce a desired result: effectiveness, effectuality, effectualness, efficaciousness, efficacy, efficiency, influence, potency. See AFFECT. 3. The condition of being in full force or operation: actualization, being, materialization, realization. See BE. 4. One's portable property. Used in plural: belonging (often used in plural), good (used in plural), lares and penates, personal effects, personal property, possession (used in plural), property, thing (often used in plural). Informal: stuff. Law: chattel, movable (often used in plural). See OWNED. II verb 1. To be the cause of: bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, result in, secure, set off, stir1 (up), touch off, trigger. Idioms: bring to pass (or effect), give rise to. See START. 2. To bring about and carry to a successful conclusion: bring off, carry out, carry through, effectuate, execute, put through. Informal: swing. See DO. 3. To compel observance of: carry out, enforce, execute, implement, invoke. Idioms: put in force, put into action. See OBLIGATION, OVER.