effecting
Making something happen
Effecting means bringing about or causing something to happen.
To effect change is to make it occur—not merely to influence it.
This verb is often confused with affecting, which means influencing rather than causing: The new policy is effecting real improvements in wait times.
Effect as a verb is relatively formal and appears most often with words like change, transformation, or reform.
Causing or bringing about
- engenderingCausing to exist
- triggeringCausing to activate
- provokingCausing a reaction
- generatingCreating or making
initiating · sparking · instigating · precipitating · bringing about · producing · creating · originating
Carrying out a task
- enforcingCompelling obedience to rules
- carrying outExecuting a task
- administeringGiving or applying formally
- operationalizingMaking something practically usable
enacting · applying · deploying · instituting · putting into practice · activating · rolling out · introducing
Reaching a goal
- realizingBecoming aware of something
- fulfillingProviding deep satisfaction
- completingReaching the end of
- attainingReaching a goal
succeeding · securing · reaching · finalizing · materializing · actualizing · delivering · concluding
Giving something its form
- impactingProducing an effect on
- alteringMaking changes to
- modifyingChanging partially
- transformingChanging form entirely
changing · affecting · swaying · determining · conditioning · molding · guiding · directing
inducing
Causing or bringing about
- engenderingCausing to exist
- triggeringCausing to activate
- provokingCausing a reaction
generating · initiating · sparking · instigating · precipitating · bringing about · producing · creating · originating · yielding
executing
Carrying out a task
- enforcingCompelling obedience to rules
- carrying outExecuting a task
- administeringGiving or applying formally
operationalizing · enacting · applying · deploying · instituting · putting into practice · activating · rolling out · introducing · launching
achieving
Reaching a goal
- realizingBecoming aware of something
- fulfillingProviding deep satisfaction
- completingReaching the end of
attaining · succeeding · securing · reaching · finalizing · materializing · actualizing · delivering · concluding · establishing
shaping
Giving something its form
transforming · changing · affecting · swaying · determining · conditioning · molding · guiding · directing · steering
- incitementinciting, instigating, provoking, incitement, instigation
effectingpreventing
Stopping before occurrence
blocking · impeding · thwarting · hindering · obstructing
effectingneglecting
Failing to attend to
ignoring · avoiding · abstaining · refraining · idling
- effective dateWhen something takes force
- cost effectiveWorthwhile for the price
- effective communicationConveying meaning successfully
- effective rangeDistance of reliable function
- cost-effective solutionsApproaches maximizing value per dollar
- effective powerUsable strength in practice
effective, effectively, ineffective, effectiveness, ineffectiveness