influence

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Old and modern French influence, or from medieval Latin influentia, an astrological term, from influere "to flow into".

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Singular
influence

Plural
countable and uncountable; influences

influence (countable and uncountable; plural influences)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. A person or thing exerting such power or action.
    He has been a great influence on the voters during the elections.
  4. (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.
  5. (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
  6. (electricity) electrostatic induction.

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Infinitive
to influence

Third person singular
influences

Simple past
influenced

Past participle
influenced

Present participle
influencing

to influence (third-person singular simple present influences, present participle influencing, simple past and past participle influenced)

  1. (transitive) To affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
  2. (intransitive) Exert influence.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) Cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.

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influence

  1. Influence.
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