EFFECTS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does effects mean? 

• EFFECTS (noun)
  The noun EFFECTS has 1 sense:

1. property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business

  Familiarity information: EFFECTS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EFFECTS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

effects; personal effects

Context example:

I watched over their effects until they returned

Hypernyms ("effects" is a kind of...):

personal estate; personal property; personalty; private property (movable property (as distinguished from real estate))

 Context examples 

This occasioned farther talk; and I saw the company was pleased with my behaviour, whereof I soon found the good effects.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Adverse effects do not have to be caused by the drug or therapy, and they may be mild, moderate, or severe.

(Adverse effect, NCI Dictionary)

A tamoxifen metabolite with both estrogenic and anti-estrogenic effects.

(Afimoxifene, NCI Thesaurus)

After any operation, you'll have some side effects.

(After Surgery, Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research)

This allele, which encodes beta-1 adrenergic receptor protein, is involved in the mediation of hormonal physiological effects from epinephrine and norepinephrine.

(ADRB1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

If you have Pisces rising at 20 degrees or the natal moon at 20-degrees Pisces, plus or minus five degrees, you, too, will notice the benefic effects of this full moon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Acolbifene acts as an estrogen antagonist in uterine and breast tissue, thereby blocking the effects of estrogen in these tissues.

(Acolbifene hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes aryl hydrocarbon receptor protein, plays a role in both the mediation of the biochemical and toxic effects of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons and the regulation of the cell cycle.

(AHR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The resulting decrease in prostaglandin synthesis, by prostaglandin synthase, is responsible for the therapeutic effects of mefenamic acid.

(Mefenamic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Megace blocks the effects of the hormone estrogen in the body, which may help keep some cancer cells from growing.

(Megace, NCI Dictionary)