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1. (n.) influence
the capacity or power of persons or things to produce effects on others by intangible or indirect means.
2. influence
the action or process of producing such effects.
3. influence
a person or thing that exerts influence.
4. influence
the power to persuade or obtain advantages resulting from one's status, wealth, position, etc.
5. influence
Astrol.
6. influence
the supposed radiation of an ethereal fluid from the stars, regarded as affecting human actions and destinies.
7. influence
the exercise of occult power by the stars.
8. influence
Obs. influx.
9. (v.t.) influence
to exercise influence on; affect.
10. influence
to move or impel (a person) to some action.
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| Definition of 'influence' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) influence
a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
"used her parents' influence to get the job"
2. (noun) influence
causing something without any direct or apparent effort
3. (noun) influence
a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do
"her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"
4. (noun) influence
the effect of one thing (or person) on another
"the influence of mechanical action"
5. (verb) influence
one having power to influence another
"she was the most important influence in my life"; "he was a bad influence on the children"
6. (verb) influence, act upon, work
have and exert influence or effect
"The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"
7. (verb) determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
shape or influence; give direction to
"experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
8. (verb) charm, influence, tempt
induce into action by using one's charm
"She charmed him into giving her all his money"
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1. (noun) influence
an effect or impact
the influence of his writing on my life
2. influence
sb or sth that has an effect or impact
Japanese art was one of the many influences on his work.; Linda's parents feel some of her friends are a bad influence on her.
3. influence
under the influence of
physically affected by drugs or alcohol
arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of drugs
4. (verb) influence
to affect or persuade
attempts to influence the eating habits of overweight people; Children can be strongly influenced by their friends.
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| Definition of 'influence' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) influence
a flowing in or upon; influx
2. (noun) influence
hence, in general, the bringing about of an effect, phusical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; the influence, according to astrologers,of the stars over affairs
3. (noun) influence
power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.; reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of influence in the community
4. (noun) influence
induction
5. (verb) influence
to control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to move; to persuade; to induce
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Sense: the power to affect people, actions or events
He used his influence to get her the job; He should not have driven the car while under the influence of alcohol.
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 Afrikaans: invloed |
 Arabic: تأثير |
 Bulgarian: влияние |
 Brazilian: influência |
 Czech: vliv |
 German: der Einfluß |
 Danish: indflydelse; påvirkning |
 Greek: επιρροή |
 Spanish: influencia |
 Estonian: mõju |
 Farsi: اثر؛ نفوذ |
 Finnish: vaikutusvalta |
 French: influence |
 Hebrew: הַשפָּעָה |
 Hindi: प्रभाव |
 Croatian: utjecaj |
 Hungarian: befolyás |
 Indonesian: pengaruh |
 Icelandic: áhrif |
 Italian: influenza, influsso |
 Japanese: 影響 |
 Korean: 영향력 |
 Lithuanian: įtaka |
 Latvian: ietekme |
 Malay: mempengaruhi |
 Dutch: invloed |
 Norwegian: påvirkning, innflytelse |
 Polish: wpływ |
 Persian: اثر؛ نفوذ |
 Pashto: نفوذ |
 Portuguese: influência |
 Romanian: influenţă |
 Russian: влияние; воздействие |
 Slovak: vplyv |
 Slovenian: vpliv |
 Serbian: uticaj |
 Swedish: inflytande, påverkan |
 Thai: อำนาจ |
 Turkish: nüfuz, etki, tesir |
 Taiwanese: 影響 |
 Ukrainian: вплив |
 Urdu: اثر |
 Vietnamese: ảnh hưởng |
 Chinese: 影响 |
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