Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Kuvat
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Synonyymit
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- The act of affecting or acting upon.
- The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
- An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
- An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
- A feeling of love or strong attachment.
- (medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
Verbi
Esimerkit
- Our affections for wild animals are distributed very unevenly. Take insects. Some 750,000 species have already been documented worldwide and the great American naturalist EO Wilson called them "the little things that run the world". Through their recycling of nutrients and the supply of base-level protein to a vast array of higher life forms, insects underpin the existence of life on this planet. Yet when it comes to human concern for creepy-crawlies, forget it.
- Mr. Bennet missed his second daughter exceedingly; his affection for her drew him oftener from home than anything else could do. He delighted in going to Pemberley, especially when he was least expected.
- a pulmonary affection
- He treated his stepdaughter with affection.
- His affection for her knew no bounds.
- I have an affection for chocolates.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | affectioned | Partisiipin perfekti | affectioning |
| Imperfekti | affectioned | Imperfekti | affectioning |
| Partisiipin preesens | affectioned | Monikko | affections |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | affections |
