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Definition: Take Effect |
Take EffectVerb1. Go into effect or become effective or operative; "The new law will take effect next month". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agency | Verb: be -in action; Adjective: operate, work; act, act upon; perform, play, support, sustain, strain, maintain, take effect, quicken, strike. |
Eventuality | Verb: happen, occur; take place, take effect; come, become of; come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on; pass, present itself; fall; fall out, turn out; run, be on foot, fall in; befall, betide, bechance; prove, eventuate, draw on; turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up; supervene, survene; issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course; pass off; (be past). |
Success | Answer, answer the purpose; avail, prevail, take effect, do, turn out well, work well, take, tell, bear fruit; hit it, hit the mark, hit the right nail on the head; nick it; turn up trumps, make a hit; find one's account in. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Take Effect |
| English words defined with "take effect": Executory ♦ Revest ♦ To take place. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "take effect": donatio causa mortis, donatio mortis causa ♦ gift mortis causa ♦ testamentary document, testamentary instrument, testamentary paper ♦ Urgency Clause. (references) |
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US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 3: Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2005 | No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | This renunciation shall take effect as from August 3, 1914. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Remember that you will need to complete your vaccination at least 1 week before you travel so that the vaccine has time to take effect. (references) | |
This procedure can help relieve pain and keep the patient active during the wait for other forms of treatment to take effect and control the cancer. (references) | ||
Business | The logistic and distribution sectors comprise the second largest user base. Traditional manufacturing industries should increase their demand in coming years as competitive forces and incentive programs take effect. (references) | |
The revisions were completed by the National People’s Congress (NPC) in late April, and the changes take effect September 1. Penalties are stiffer, coverage is broader and lines of authority are clearer than under the current law. The amendments reflect a shift in strategy from controlling the total volume of pollutants from particular sources to controlling the total volume of pollutants entering the airshed. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Argentina | The article did not take effect until 1999, thus affecting the 2000 and 2001 school years. (references) |
Nicaragua | The law was to take effect with stipulations that formation of the guild occur within 3 months. (references) | |
Hungary | In October Parliament passed amendments to the Laws on Asylum and on Aliens, aimed at streamlining and simplifying the court process for asylum; the amendment is to take effect in 2002. The HHC expressed regrets that the amendment to the Aliens Act lacked provisions that would take into consideration the family ties in Hungary of those deported. (references) | |
Economic History | Cyprus | It is linked to the prospect of Cypriot accession to the EU and will take effect only upon accession. (references) |
Ghana | A mortgage must be registered under the Land Title Registration Law, a requirement that is mandatory for it to take effect. (references) | |
Tunisia | AS A WELCOME SIGN OF GOOD FAITH, TUNISIA BEGAN REDUCING TARIFFS IN 1996, TWO YEARS BEFORE THE AGREEMENT WAS SCHEDULED TO TAKE EFFECT. (references) | |
Human Rights | Hungary | Recent changes to the law, which are scheduled to take effect in 2003, would limit the length of judicial proceedings to 3 years. (references) |
Hungary | Under the new Criminal Procedure Law that is scheduled to take effect in January 2003, an intermediate court of appeal is to be established between the county courts and the Supreme Court. (references) | |
Uruguay | Although the law was to take effect in 1998, budget constraints have resulted in repeated postponement of its implementation, and it is not scheduled for implementation until 2004. There were no reports of political prisoners. (references) | |
Political Economy | HONDURAS | This increase will take effect upon its approval by the Honduran Congress. (references) |
SAUDI ARABIA | This scheme, however, will only take effect once the current tax regime is revised. (references) | |
SWITZERLAND | Before the agreements can take effect they must first be ratified by all 15 EU member states. (references) | |
Political Rights | Russia | During the year, this new system began to take effect, and regional executives will no longer serve on the Federation Council as of January 1, 2002. The Law on the Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens to Participate in a Referendum (Voting Rights Act) and the Law on Public Associations clarify which political public associations may participate in elections; add restrictions on preferential media coverage, donations, and financial or material support from foreign entities for campaign-related activities; introduce measures to reduce the number of noncompetitive political parties and candidates on the ballot; increase the level of information available to voters about candidates' financial and criminal history; and introduce provisions allowing multi-candidate constituencies. (references) |
Trade | Spain | These national standards will be phased out as EU norms take effect. (references) |
Qatar | A long overdue new investment law was promulgated on October 16, 2000, but the Ministry of Finance, Economy and Commerce has yet to issue implementing rules that will allow it to take effect. (references) | |
Women | Papua New Guinea | The law requires that orders for imprisonment be endorsed by a district court before they take effect. (references) |
Liechtenstein | It ratified the protocol on October 24, and the protocol was scheduled to take effect in January 2002. Three women's rights groups were active. (references) | |
Latvia | In June Parliament adopted a new labor law that is scheduled to take effect in 2002. The new legislation prohibits work and pay discrimination based on gender and requires employers to set equal pay for equal work. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Gloria Allred | There's a new law that's going to take effect in January, kind of, amending the old son of Sam law. And it will allow convicted murderers to write a book, but the victims should be the ones that profit from any book, if there are profits. |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The present corporate body, denominated the president, directors, and company of the Bank of the United States, will have existed at the time this act is intended to take effect twenty years. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expression using "take effect": To take effect. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "take effect"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | veproj (act on, affect, behave, do, do with, proceed, work), ndihmoj (administer, advance, aid, assist, avail, back, befriend, bestead, chip in, contribute, facilitate, further, give a hand, help, help out, lend a hand, make for, meet halfway, pander, promote, relieve, subserve, succor, succour, support, tide over). (various references) | |
Arabic | أصبح نافذ المفعول (come into force, inure), دخل حيز التنفيذ (effect, operation). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | хващам (capture, catch, clamp, find out, get, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hook, hunt down, land, nail, nip, nobble, pick up, pot, prey upon, run down, seize, snag, strike, take, take up, track down), оказвам въздействие (leaven). (various references) | |
Chinese | "效 (to go into effect, to take effect), 慢性 (slow acting; slow to take effect). (various references) | |
Czech | zapùsobit (impress), vstoupit v platnost (become effective, come into effect, come into force). (various references) | |
Danish | beslutninger faar virkning gennem denne meddelelse (decisions shall take effect upon such notification). (various references) | |
Dutch | de faillietverklaring heeft voor de schuldenaar rechtsgevolgen (the bankprutcy shall take effect against the debtor), de beschikkingen worden door deze kennisgeving van kracht (decisions shall take effect upon such notification). (various references) | |
Finnish | vaikuttaa (act, affect, be conducive, be effective, conduce, contribute, exercise an effect, have effect, influence), astua voimaan (come into force), astua (become valid, board a ship, come into force, embark, go, go on board, nousta laivaan, step, tread, tulla voimaan, walk). (various references) | |
French | prendre son effet, faire son effet. (various references) | |
German | anschlagen (aim, bark, bump, burst into, cast on, chip, estimate, fix on, give tongue, hit, knock, nail on, post, put up, strike, to bump, touch). (various references) | |
Greek | κάνω εντύπωση (go over, strike). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לחול (be in force, become due, come into force, fall due on, occur), ל"כ ס לתוקף (come into force, validate), ל"ביא לי"י (bring about, engender, give rise to, lead, occasion), ל'רום (bring about, cause, give rise to, motivate, occasion). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hatásba hoz. (various references) | |
Italian | effettuare (accomplish, achieve, bring about, carry out, contrive, effect, effectuate, expedite, export, make, perform, realize, take place). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 効果が上がる (to bear fruit, to take effect). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "うかがあがる (to bear fruit, to take effect). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aketay effectay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | produzir efeito (pay off). (various references) | |
Romanian | fi eficace (bear, work). (various references) | |
Russian | вступать в силу (be entered into this, become operational, come into effect, come into force, come into operation, enure, inure). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dejstvovati (act, enure, perform), biti na snazi. (various references) | |
Spanish | tener un efecto, ponerse en vigor. (various references) | |
Swedish | beslut skall bli gällande genom denna delgivning (decisions shall take effect upon such notification). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | починати діяти. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 2, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Logizh de touto w anqrwpe o krinwn touV ta toiauta prassontaV kai poiwn auta oti su ekfeuxh to krima tou qeou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Existimas autem hoc o homo qui iudicas eos qui talia agunt et facis ea quia tu effugies iudicium Dei |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Forðy, þa þu, anfeald man, demest oðerne ac git wyrcest ilce þing, þencest þu þæt þu mægst forfleon Godes domes? |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But gessist thou, man, that demest hem that doen siche thingis, and thou doist tho thingis, that thou schalt ascape the doom of God? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Thikest thou this O thou ma that iudgest them which do soche thinges and yet doest eve the very same yt thou shalt escape ye iudgemet of God? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them who do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you? |
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| Language | Romans Chapter 2, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | Nagdahum ka ba, O tawo, nga makaikyas ka sa hukom sa Dios, ikaw nga nagahukom sa mga nagabuhat sa maong mga butang nga imo usab nga ginabuhat? |
| Chinese | 這 人 " 、 論 斷 行 這 樣 事 的 人 、 自 己 所 行 的 卻 ' 別 人 一 樣 、 以 為 能 逃 脫 神 的 審 判 麼 。 |
| Croatian | Misliš li da æeš izbjeæi sudu Božjemu, ti èovjeèe što sudiš one koji takvo što èine, a sam to isto èiniš? |
| Danish | Men du, o Menneske! som dømmer dem, der øve sådanne Ting, og selv gør dem, mener du dette, at du skal undfly Guds Dom? |
| Dutch | En denkt gij dit, o mens, die oordeelt dengenen, die zulke dingen doen, en dezelve doet, dat gij het oordeel Gods zult ontvlieden? |
| Finnish | Vai luuletko, ihminen, sinä, joka tuomitset niitä, jotka senkaltaisia tekevät, ja itse samoja teet, että sinä vältät Jumalan tuomion? |
| French | Et penses-tu, ô homme, qui juges ceux qui commettent de telles choses, et qui les fais, que tu échapperas au jugement de Dieu? |
| German | Denkst du aber, o Mensch, der du richtest die, die solches tun, und tust auch dasselbe, daß du dem Urteil Gottes entrinnen werdest? |
| Haitian Creole | Monchè, ou menm k'ap jije moun k'ap fè bagay sa yo epi k'ap aji menm jan an tou, èske ou kwè wa chape anba jijman Bondye a? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi kalian, Saudara-saudara, melakukan sendiri juga hal-hal yang kalian tuduhkan kepada orang-orang lain! Dan kalian pikir kalian dapat lolos dari hukuman Allah? |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Hai orang, yang menyalahkan orang yang berbuat demikian itu, padahalnya engkau melakukan sedemikian itu juga, adakah engkau sangkakan, engkau ini terlepas daripada hukum Allah? |
| Italian | Pensi forse, o uomo che giudichi quelli che commettono tali azioni e intanto le fai tu stesso, di sfuggire al giudizio di Dio? |
| Latvian | Bet vai tu, cilvçk, kas tiesâ tos, kas tâ dara, bet pats dari to paðu, domâ, ka tu izbçgsi Dieva tiesai? |
| Maori | Ko tou whakaaro ranei tenei, e te tangata e whakahe ana ki nga kaimahi i aua mea, e mahi na ano koe i aua mea, ko koe e ora i ta te Atua whakahe? |
| Norwegian | Men mener du det, du menneske, du som dømmer dem som gjør slikt, og selv gjør det, at du skal undfly Guds dom? |
| Rumanian | Wi crezi tu, omule, care judeci pe cei ce sqvkrwesc astfel de lucruri, wi pe cari le faci wi tu, cq vei scqpa de judecata lui Dumnezeu? |
| Shuar | Amesha nuna Túrin "Imiá yajauchiiti" Táyatam amesha métek Túrakminkia Yus sumamtikiattana Nuyá ¿itiurak uwemprattam? |
| Spanish | Oh hombre que juzgas a los que practican tales cosas y haces lo mismo, ¿supones que escaparás del juicio de Dios? |
| Swahili | Lakini wewe, rafiki, unayewahukumu wale wanaofanya mambo kama hayo bali wewe pia unayafanya, je unadhani utaiepa hukumu ya Mungu? |
| Swedish | Men du menar väl detta, att du skall kunna undfly Guds dom, du människa, som dömer dem som handla så, och dock gör detsamma som de? |
| Uma | Ane tababehi moto gau' to tasalai' -ki doo-ta, neo' ta'uli' ka'uma-na mpai' nahuku' -ta Alata'ala-e. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-f-f-k-t-t" | |
-4 letters: affect, efface, effect, effete, facete, tacket. | |
-5 letters: ackee, facet, tacet, tecta. | |
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