effect

effect
ef·fect [ɪʼfekt] n
1) (consequence) Auswirkung f ([up]on auf +akk), Folge f ([up]on für +akk);
the overall \effect das Gesamtresultat
2) no pl (influence) Einfluss m (on auf +akk)
3) no pl (force) Wirksamkeit f; law [Rechts]kraft f, Gültigkeit f;
to come into \effect in Kraft treten, wirksam werden;
to remain in \effect wirksam [o in Kraft] bleiben;
to take \effect (come into force) laws, regulations in Kraft treten, wirksam werden;
(start to work) medicine, anaesthetic Wirkung zeigen, wirken;
with \effect from 1st January (form) mit Wirkung vom 1. Januar (form)
4) (result) Wirkung f; (success) Erfolg m;
talking to him had no \effect because he got drunk again mit ihm zu sprechen war umsonst, denn er betrank sich wieder;
to good \effect mit Erfolg
5) no pl
(esp pej: attention-seeking)
for \effect aus Effekthascherei (pej)
she uses bad language for \effect sie gebraucht ordinäre Ausdrücke, um sich in Szene zu setzen (fam)
6) (essentially)
in \effect eigentlich, in Wirklichkeit
7) (summarizing)
to say something to the effect that ... sinngemäß sagen, dass ...;
she said she was unhappy or words to that \effect sie sagte, sie sei unglücklich, oder etwas in der Art;
I received a letter to the \effect that my contract had run out ich erhielt einen Brief des Inhalts, dass mein Vertrag abgelaufen war
8) (sounds, lighting)
\effects pl Effekte mpl;
light/sound \effects Licht-/Klangeffekte mpl
9) (spec: belongings)
\effects pl Eigentum nt kein pl, Vermögen nt kein pl, Effekten pl fachspr;
personal \effects Gegenstände mpl des persönlichen Gebrauchs vt
to \effect sth etw bewirken;
to \effect a breakthrough einen Durchbruch erzielen;
to \effect a change eine Änderung herbeiführen;
to \effect a cure eine Heilung bewirken;
to \effect a merger fusionieren;
to \effect a reform eine Reform durchführen

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