take effect
Start to work
To take effect is to become operative or produce results.
A law takes effect on its implementation date: The new regulations take effect January 1.
Medicine takes effect when it begins working: The painkiller should take effect within thirty minutes.
A change takes effect when it becomes real rather than merely announced.
What initiates action
enact · activate · engage · start · launch · go live · come into force · come into play
To start something
- set inBegin gradually and persist
- kick inBegin to function
- manifestClearly apparent or displayed
- emergeCome out into view
appear · surface · develop · unfold · materialize · dawn · arise · occur
Passing into law
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- executionCompleting a planned task
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
adoption · application · institution · promulgation · codification · passage · signing · decree
Power to affect others
- consequenceResult of an action
- outcomeFinal result of events
- resultWhat follows a cause
- changeTo make different
transformation · ramification · repercussion · aftermath · response · reaction · shift · alteration
trigger
What initiates action
begin · enact · activate · engage · start · launch · go live · come into force · come into play · switch on
begin
To start something
emerge · appear · surface · develop · unfold · materialize · dawn · arise · occur · happen
enactment
Passing into law
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- executionCompleting a planned task
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
legislation · adoption · application · institution · promulgation · codification · passage · signing · decree · ruling
influence
Power to affect others
- consequenceResult of an action
- outcomeFinal result of events
- resultWhat follows a cause
change · transformation · ramification · repercussion · aftermath · response · reaction · shift · alteration · difference
take effectfail
Be unsuccessful
fall flat · come to nothing · fizzle out · misfire · do nothing
take, effect, affect, affected, affecting, affection, effective, effectively, ineffective