# effecting

Pronunciation: say "i-FEKT-ing" /ɪˈfɛktɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of effect. — present participle and gerund of effect
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of effect. Use this form for the act of making something happen.
   - _The committee is effecting sweeping reforms to the tax code this year._
   - _Effecting a merger of this size requires regulatory approval._

## Adjective

2. Causing a result; tending to bring something about.
   - Simple: Able to cause something to happen or to get a result.
   - _Critics doubted whether the reform was truly effecting or merely symbolic._
   - _Observers praised the agency's effecting response to the flooding._

## Origin

Formed from "effect" plus the suffix "-ing". The adjective likely comes from the verb, perhaps influenced by "effective" or "affecting," or both.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/effecting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).