affected

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English

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Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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affected (comparative more affected, superlative most affected)

  1. Influenced or changed by something.
    The affected products had to be recalled.
  2. Simulated in order to impress.
    Synonyms: artificial, insincere, pretentious, mannered, stilted
    He spoke with an affected English accent.
    The affected articulation of his opinions made it challenging to discern his true stance.
    • 1951, J. D. Salinger, chapter 26, in The 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 pretty affected, but very good-looking.
  3. Emotionally moved; touched.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (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 greatly affected with this relation; for he had not divested himself of humanity by being an attorney.
  4. (algebra, archaic) adfected.
    an affected equation
  5. Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.

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Noun

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affected (plural affecteds)

  1. Someone affected, as by a disease.
    • 1979, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, page 306:
      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. simple past and past participle of affect
    The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.

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