influence
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[edit] Etymology
Old and modern French influence, or from medieval Latin influentia, an astrological term, from influere "to flow into".
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɪn.flu.əns/, SAMPA: /"In.flU.@ns/
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[edit] Noun
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influence (countable and uncountable; plural influences)
- The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions; the status of being able to dictate the actions or behaviors of an object or person; moral or political power over a person or group; ascendancy.
- I have absolutely no influence over him.
- An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
- I'm not able to exercise influence over him.
- A person or thing exerting such power or action.
- He has been a great influence on the voters during the elections.
- (astrology) An element believed by some to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.
- (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
- (electricity) electrostatic induction.
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power to affect, control or manipulate
action exerted by a person or thing with power to cause change
person or thing exerting such power or action
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(astrology) element determining someone's character or individual tendencies
action of flowing in; influx
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electrostatic induction
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to influence (third-person singular simple present influences, present participle influencing, simple past and past participle influenced)
- (transitive) To affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
- (intransitive) Exert influence.
- (transitive, obsolete) Cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.
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to exert an influence upon
(intr.) to exert influence
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[edit] French
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[edit] Noun
influence
- Influence.
