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How to pronounce “affect”
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Pronunciation guide for affect
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of affect with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Can Machines Perceive Emotion?
call "affect," which are simple feelings of
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To influence or alter.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce affect
Can Machines Perceive Emotion?

call "affect," which are simple feelings of
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “affect”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To influence or alter.
- (transitive) To move to emotion.
- (transitive, pathology) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
- (transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.
- (transitive, archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
- (transitive, archaic) To assign; to appoint.
- (transitive, Scots law) To burden (property) with a fixed charge or payment, or other condition or restriction.
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