take effect

idiomatic phrase

1

: to become operative

The new regulations will take effect next year.

2

: to begin producing an expected or intended effect or result

waiting for the drug to take effect

Examples of take effect in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At Thursday night's meeting of the board of trustees, Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo presented an overview of the optimization plan proposed to take effect in the 2026-27 school year. —Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025

One Colorado law, set to take effect in June, will require AI developers to protect consumers from reasonably foreseeable risks of algorithmic discrimination. —Justin Papp, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025

But after a district court paused the orders from taking effect, an appellate court overturned that union win. —Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025

According to a separate memo sent to department employees, the return to Times New Roman takes effect Wednesday and all templates for official documents are to be updated to remove the offending Calibri font. —Matthew Lee, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for take effect

• aftereffect
• interconnect
• affect
• aspect
• bedecked
• bisect
• collect
• connect
• correct
• deflect
• detect
• direct