The meaning of Affected

verb

Change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way.

Usage examples:

Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage

verb

To change a characteristic, often slightly, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ t ] the coat was too long, so i took it back to the store to have it altered., some things in lif…

verb

To change the appearance, character, or structure of something, or to be changed in this way

Usage examples:

Just last week, the company agreed to alter some of its business practices., if they want to contin…

verb

Take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.

Usage examples:

In february the germans attacked verdun

noun

An aggressive and violent act against a person or place.

Usage examples:

He was killed in an attack on a checkpoint

verb

An offensive against an enemy

verb

Make (someone or something) different; alter or modify.

Usage examples:

Both parties voted against proposals to change the law

noun

An act or process through which something becomes different.

Usage examples:

The change from a nomadic to an agricultural society

noun

The state of something with regard to its appearance, quality, or working order.

Usage examples:

The wiring is in good condition

verb

Have a significant influence on or determine (the manner or outcome of something).

Usage examples:

National choices are conditioned by the international political economy

adjective

Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.

Usage examples:

Here, however, several contrived situations are grafted into the plot to generate artificial tension.

verb

Create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice.

Usage examples:

His opponents contrived a cabinet crisis

adjective

Made in exact imitation of something valuable with the intention to deceive or defraud.

Usage examples:

Counterfeit £10 notes

noun

A fraudulent imitation of something else.

Usage examples:

He knew the tapes to be counterfeits

verb

Imitate fraudulently.

Usage examples:

My signature is extremely hard to counterfeit

verb

Invent (something) in order to deceive.

Usage examples:

Officers fabricated evidence

verb

To invent or produce something in order to deceive

Usage examples:

She fabricated charges that her boss was stealing money., that story is a complete fabrication.

verb

To manufacture something

Usage examples:

Techniques for fabricating microchips on circuits are advancing all the time., the company's main b…

adjective

Not genuine; imitation or counterfeit.

Usage examples:

She got on the plane with a fake passport

noun

A thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham.

Usage examples:

Fakes of old masters

verb

Forge or counterfeit (something).

Usage examples:

She faked her spouse's signature

verb

Pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).

Usage examples:

She feigned nervousness

adjective

Obtained or imposed by coercion or physical power.

Usage examples:

There was no sign of a forced entry

verb

Make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force.

Usage examples:

The back door of the bank was forced

adjective

Involving physical, often violent, strength or power

Usage examples:

There were no obvious signs of forced entry into the house., the plane made a forced landing in den…

noun

The visible shape or configuration of something.

Usage examples:

The form, colour, and texture of the tree

verb

Variant spelling of forme.

combining form

Having the form of.

Usage examples:

Cruciform

adjective

Impressive and imposing in appearance or style, especially pretentiously so.

Usage examples:

The court's grandiose facade

adjective

Very large or wonderful, or intended to seem great and important

Usage examples:

Grandiose buildings, grandiose plans

adjective

High-flown language, ideas, or behaviour is meant to make you admire someone.

verb

Bring one's hand or a tool or weapon into contact with (someone or something) quickly and forcefully.

Usage examples:

The woman hit the mugger with her umbrella

noun

An instance of striking or being struck.

Usage examples:

Few structures can withstand a hit from a speeding car

verb

Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

adjective

Having a hole or empty space inside.

Usage examples:

A hollow metal tube

noun

A hole or depression in something.

Usage examples:

A hollow at the base of a large tree

verb

Form by making a hole.

Usage examples:

A tunnel was hollowed out in a mountain range

verb

Affect (a person, organism, etc.) with a disease-causing organism.

Usage examples:

Pregnant women who may have been infected with the virus

verb

To cause disease in someone by introducing organisms such as bacteria or viruses

Usage examples:

Mosquitoes can infect people with malaria., fig. fear of an attack infected the entire city., an in…

verb

To damage a computer's software or data with a harmful program that has been passed from another computer

Usage examples:

Be infected by/with sth the hackers hijacked personal computers that had been previously infected b…

noun

The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself.

Usage examples:

The influence of television violence

verb

Have an influence on.

Usage examples:

Government regulations can influence behaviour, but often without changing underlying values and mo…

verb

A power to affect persons or events

adjective

Done with great effort and difficulty.

Usage examples:

His breathing was laboured

verb

Work hard; make great effort.

Usage examples:

They laboured from dawn to dusk

adjective

Needing a lot of effort, often because someone is tired

Usage examples:

Her breathing was heavy and laboured., a laboured joke

adjective

Behaving in a specified way.

Usage examples:

Bad-mannered

adjective

Having ways of behaving toward people

Usage examples:

The children are well mannered., he continued to write, but his mannered prose was not well received.

verb

Make partial or minor changes to (something).

Usage examples:

She may be prepared to modify her views

verb

To change something slightly, esp. to improve it or make it more acceptable or less extreme

Usage examples:

The school board decided to modify its existing employment policy.

verb

To slightly change something such as a plan, method, or law, usually to improve it or make it more acceptable

Usage examples:

All files are marked with the date and time they were last modified., we modified some of the wordi…

adjective

Characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress.

Usage examples:

A simple design that is glamorous without being ostentatious

adjective

Intended to attract admiration or notice

Usage examples:

Ostentatious jewelry, ostentatious gestures, she waved her hand about, ostentatiously displaying he…

adjective

Containing too much careful detail or too many detailed parts

Usage examples:

The book is spoiled by over-elaborate writing., he refused most of the overelaborate meal, saying t…

adjective

Made to seem more impressive or important than is the case; exaggerated or pretentious.

Usage examples:

His most rhetorically overblown screenplay

adjective

Made to seem more important or bigger than what is really true

Usage examples:

As for the wage gap, davis says it's overblown.

adjective

(of food) overcooked.

Usage examples:

He sat there chewing his overdone steak

verb

Do, use, or carry to excess; exaggerate.

Usage examples:

She rather overdoes the early cockney scenes

adjective

(esp. of meat) cooked too long

Usage examples:

The steak was dry and overdone.

adjective

Too ripe; past its best.

Usage examples:

Overripe tomatoes

adjective

Too ripe and starting to decay

adjective

(of a person) having to work beyond their capacity or strength.

Usage examples:

Overworked nurses do not have time to adequately prepare patients for discharge

verb

Cause (someone) to work beyond their capacity or strength.

Usage examples:

Employers should be aware that overworking their employees comes at a cost

adjective

Having to work too much

Usage examples:

An overworked civil servant, i'm overworked and underpaid., the article was full of overworked expr…

phrasal verb

Engage in something without proper seriousness or understanding.

Usage examples:

It would be wrong to assume that he is simply playing at politics

phrasal verb

To pretend to be a particular person or to do a particular thing, usually as a game

Usage examples:

The children were playing at batman and robin., she's only playing at being an actress - she's goin…

adjective

Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important.

Usage examples:

A pompous ass who pretends he knows everything

adjective

Feeling or showing that you think you are better or more important than other people

Usage examples:

I regarded him as somewhat pompous and opinionated., the pomposity of new york society

verb

Present or constitute (a problem or danger).

Usage examples:

The sheer number of visitors is posing a threat to the area

verb

Puzzle or perplex (someone) with a question or problem.

Usage examples:

We have thus posed the mathematician and the historian

noun

A way of standing or sitting, especially in order to be photographed, painted, or drawn.

Usage examples:

Photographs of boxers in ferocious poses

verb

Behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.

Usage examples:

I closed my eyes and pretended i was asleep

adjective

Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary.

Usage examples:

The children poured out pretend tea for the dolls

verb

To behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, esp. in order to deceive people or as a game

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] tom pretends to care., [ + (that) clause ] the children pretended (that) they w…

adjective

Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed.

Usage examples:

Pretentious art films

adjective

Trying to give the appearance of great importance, esp. in a way that is obvious

Usage examples:

Pretentious restaurants, pretentious, silly poetry

collocation

Put clothing on one's body

phrasal verb

Place a garment, piece of jewellery, etc. on part of one's body.

Usage examples:

Julie had put on a cotton dress

phrasal verb

Cause a device to operate.

Usage examples:

Shall i put the light on?

abbreviation

Shilling(s).

exclamation

Used to call for silence.

Usage examples:

‘shh! keep your voice down!’

noun

A thing that is not what it is purported to be.

Usage examples:

Our current free health service is a sham

adjective

Bogus; false.

Usage examples:

A clergyman who arranged a sham marriage

verb

Short for pillow sham.

verb

Imitate the appearance or character of.

Usage examples:

Red ochre intended to simulate blood

verb

To create conditions or processes similar to something that exists

Usage examples:

Researchers are developing new techniques to simulate crashes.

verb

To produce a situation or event that seems real but is not real, especially in order to help people learn how to deal with such situations or events

Usage examples:

The machine is designed to simulate disaster scenarios., in the game, players are given titles in a…

adjective

Excessively theatrical; exaggerated.

Usage examples:

A stagy melodramatic voice

adjective

Like in a theatre and not very natural

adjective

Not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid.

Usage examples:

A stiff black collar

noun

A dead body.

Usage examples:

When the bodies of various stiffs start disappearing from the local morgue, the police are baffled …

verb

Cheat (someone) out of something, especially money.

Usage examples:

Several workers were stiffed out of their pay

adjective

Showing signs of nervous tension or tiredness.

Usage examples:

Jean's pale, strained face

verb

Force (a part of one's body or oneself) to make an unusually great effort.

Usage examples:

I stopped and listened, straining my ears for any sound

adjective

Nervous, worried, or having problems

Usage examples:

She had a strained expression on her face., a strained knee

verb

Hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement.

Usage examples:

He raised his hand, as if to strike me

noun

A refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer.

Usage examples:

Dockers voted for an all-out strike

verb

Deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon

adjective

(of a quality or result) achieved or maintained by careful and deliberate effort.

Usage examples:

He treated them with studied politeness

verb

Devote time and attention to gaining knowledge of (an academic subject), especially by means of books.

Usage examples:

I studied classics at college

adjective

Carefully prepared or considered, esp. to create an effect

Usage examples:

He showed a studied disregard for her concerns.

verb

Come into or be in contact with.

Usage examples:

He leaned back so that only two legs of his chair touched the floor

noun

An act of touching someone or something.

Usage examples:

Her touch on his shoulder was hesitant

verb

Make physical contact with, come in contact with

verb

Make a marked change in the form, nature, or appearance of.

Usage examples:

Lasers have transformed cardiac surgery

noun

The product of a transformation.

Usage examples:

In the bottom portion of the figure, the logarithmic transform of power is presented.

verb

To change completely the appearance or character of something or someone

Usage examples:

Computers have transformed the way work is done., salinas dramatically transformed the country’s ec…

phrasal verb

Exert influence or use one's persuasive power on a person or their feelings.

Usage examples:

She worked on the sympathy of her associates

phrasal verb

To spend time repairing or improving something

Usage examples:

His dancing technique is good, but he needs to work on his stamina., [ + to infinitive ] i'm workin…