effected
Made it happen
Effected is the past tense of effect used as a verb, meaning to bring about or accomplish: The new CEO effected major changes in company culture.
Often confused with affected, which means influenced.
If you effected something, you made it happen; if you affected something, you had an impact on it.
Successfully completed a goal
- completedFully finished
- realizedBecame aware of
- fulfilledCompletely satisfied, realized
- executedCarried out or killed
implemented · brought about · enacted · actualized · materialized · finalized · consummated · attained
Caused to occur
- producedMade or created
- generatedBrought into being
- createdCaused to exist
- inducedBrought about deliberately
triggered · precipitated · engendered · spawned · occasioned · wrought · gave rise to · instigated
Fundamentally changed in nature
- alteredChanged from before
- modifiedChanged in some way
- shiftedChanged place or position
- influencedChanged by external pressure
impacted · shaped · reformed · revolutionized · converted · transitioned · restructured · overhauled
achieved
Successfully completed a goal
executed · implemented · brought about · enacted · actualized · materialized · finalized · consummated · attained · delivered
brought about
Caused to occur
induced · triggered · precipitated · engendered · spawned · occasioned · wrought · gave rise to · instigated · provoked
transformed
Fundamentally changed in nature
influenced · impacted · shaped · reformed · revolutionized · converted · transitioned · restructured · overhauled · remodeled
effectedfailed
Did not succeed
prevented · thwarted · blocked · impeded · obstructed
effectedunsettled
Not yet resolved
proposed · unimplemented · pending · unexecuted · planned
effectednullified
Made legally void
negated · undone · reversed · counteracted · neutralized
- side effectsUnintended treatment consequences
- special effectsArtificial cinematic illusions
- cause and effectHow events produce results
- sound effectArtificial audio enhancement
- take effectBecome active or operative
- domino effectSequential causation phenomenon
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