how to pronounce affected

/əˈfɛktɪd/

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affected is pronounced in three syllables

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əfɛktɪd

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An example use of affected in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… line actually is not affected by policy …”

meanings of affected

adjective:

  1. Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
  2. Adfected.
  3. Emotionally moved; touched.
  4. Artificial, stilted.
  5. Influenced or changed by something.
  6. Simulated in order to impress.

noun:

  1. Someone affected, as by a disease.

verb:

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of affect.

affected frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word affected occurs in english on average 24.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics affected can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that affected can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;

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