Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

special effect

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English

Syllables: spe-cial -ef-fect
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means, as for example by the digital manipulation of previously filmed footage.

Example Sentences

"So popular was trickwork and spectacle with nineteenth-century audiences, in fact, that hundreds of plays were written solely as vehicles for magic, special effects, or elaborately trapped settings."

Inflected Forms

special effects (plural)

Synonyms

FX F/X SFX S.F.X.

Questions

What does special effect mean?: An effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means, as for example by the digital manipulation of previously filmed footage.

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