# affected

Pronunciation: say "uh-FEK-tid" /əˈfɛktɪd/

## Adjective

1. Influenced, changed or harmed by some outside force, event or condition, such as a disaster or a disease.
   - Simple: Changed or hurt by something, such as a storm, a new rule or an illness.
   - _Regions affected by the trade dispute saw prices climb sharply._
   - _Aid workers reached the affected villages within hours, bringing clean water and tents to families who had lost their homes in the flood._
3. Put on or pretended in order to impress others.
   - Simple: Done in a fake way to impress other people.
   - _His affected indifference barely hid how much he wanted the job._
   - _Critics mocked the actor's affected delivery in every scene._
4. Emotionally moved or touched by something.
   - Simple: Feeling strong emotion because of something.
   - _Visibly affected, the witness paused before describing the accident._
   - _She was genuinely affected by the kindness of total strangers._

## Verb

2. Simple past tense and past participle of affect. — simple past and past participle of affect
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of affect.
   - _The new policy affected every department in the company._
   - _The bus strike has affected train service across the city all week._

## Adjective

5. In older algebra, describing an equation in which the unknown quantity appears raised to more than one power. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: In old math, used of an equation that has the unknown number in more than one power.
   - _Early algebraists devised special rules for handling affected equations._
   - _Older algebra books treated an affected equation, such as one containing both x and x squared, separately from a pure one._

## Other meanings

- (noun) A person who has been struck by a disease or similar harmful condition.

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