in effect

Meaning

1. Oxford50% of films

   used when you are stating what the facts of a situation are

   In effect, they become a new superpower.

2. Oxford44% of films

   in use

   Emergency protocol is in effect

   A yellow-coded curfew is now in effect.

In the movies · 12

• In effect, they become a new superpower.Inception2010
• For now, martial law is in effect.The Dark Knight Rises2012
• A yellow-coded curfew is now in effect.V for Vendetta2006
• Martial law is in effect,The Batman2022
• In effect one minuteJohn Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum2019
• Emergency protocol is in effectGodzilla: King of the Monsters2019
• there's a wind advisory in effect.Deadpool 22018

Learn it in full scenes

• V for Vendetta2006
  • V's Opening Monologue
  • V Introduces Himself to Evey
  • Sutler's Cabinet Spins the Explosion

From the same entry

• bring into effect
• come into effect
• take effect
• to the effect that
• to good, great, dramatic, effect
• to no effect
• with immediate effect

More idioms

• it's not rocket science
• lie through your teeth
• show the ropes
• the thing
• the tip of the iceberg
• there's no such thing as a free lunch
• get the better of
• bits and pieces
• get your hands dirty
• on the road
• at a distance
• a high profile