Collocations for affect - verb
1. influence
ADVERB
dramatically,
greatly,
materially,
radically (esp. BrE),
significantly
positively
barely, hardly, not unduly
Sales did not seem unduly affected.
positively
barely, hardly, not unduly
Sales did not seem unduly affected.
slightly
clearly
directly, indirectly
disproportionately
adversely, badly, negatively, seriously, severely
clearly
directly, indirectly
disproportionately
adversely, badly, negatively, seriously, severely
2. make sb sad/angry
Affect is used with these nouns as the subject:
ban, bias, change, depression, disaster, disease, disorder, drought, erosion, factor, gene, illness, influence, injury, issue, mutation, policy, politics, restriction, syndrome, tragedy, violence
ban, bias, change, depression, disaster, disease, disorder, drought, erosion, factor, gene, illness, influence, injury, issue, mutation, policy, politics, restriction, syndrome, tragedy, violence
Affect is used with these nouns as the object:
ability, accent, balance, behaviour, business, climate, commerce, coordination, course, decision, development, effectiveness, election, environment, extent, fate, flow, frequency, growth, health, hearing, joint, likelihood, livelihood, mood, morale, nonchalance, organ, outcome, perception, performance, practice, preference, probability, process, productivity, quality, recovery, response, result, right, situation, success, survival, taste, view, well-being
ability, accent, balance, behaviour, business, climate, commerce, coordination, course, decision, development, effectiveness, election, environment, extent, fate, flow, frequency, growth, health, hearing, joint, likelihood, livelihood, mood, morale, nonchalance, organ, outcome, perception, performance, practice, preference, probability, process, productivity, quality, recovery, response, result, right, situation, success, survival, taste, view, well-being