affected

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /əˈfɛktɪd/

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• Hyphenation: af‧fect‧ed

Verb

Plain form affect

Third-person singular affects

Past tense affected

Past participle affected

Present participle affecting

1. The past tense and past participle of affect.

Adjective

Positive affected

Comparative more affected

Superlative most affected

1. If ${\displaystyle x}$ is affected by ${\displaystyle y}$, then ${\displaystyle y}$ causes a change in ${\displaystyle x}$.

   The girls are still very affected by the loss of their father.

2. If something that somebody does is affected, it is not natural or not real.

   The young ladies looked on with affected interest.

   He spoke with a very affected accent.

Synonyms

• artificial
• precious

Related words

• affectedly