to the effect

== English == === Alternative forms === to that effect, to this effect === Prepositional phrase === to the effect With more or less the meaning of. Synonym: along those lines ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== be like on the lines of === Further reading === “to the effect that” (US) / “to the effect that” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. “to the effect”, in Collins English Dictionary. “to the effect that”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “to that effect”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “to this that the effect” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.