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influence English

Meaning influence meaning

What does influence mean?
Definitions in simple English

influence Noun

— An influence is a force that causes something to happen or for someone to do something. has been quite an influence on . The works of have always been an influence on my artistic career. — An influence is also power to affect or change someone or something by means of position or power. Sometimes, I feel like my parents have so much control that everything and everyone in the world is under their influence! It is very dangerous to drive under the influence of alcohol.

influence Verb

— If you influence something, you are forcing something to happen or for someone to do something. Doesn't this calm music just influence you to frolic in a meadow? has been known to influence a healthy and balanced lifestyle. — If you influence something, you can also be changing or swaying it. Vote-stacking can heavily influence an election. Conditions in the atmosphere influence weather.

influence

— noun a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc used her parents' influence to get the job — verb (= 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 — noun causing something without any direct or apparent effort — noun a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do her wishes had a great influence on his thinking — verb (= determine, shape, mold) shape or influence; give direction to experience often determines ability mold public opinion — noun the effect of one thing (or person) on another the influence of mechanical action — noun one having power to influence another she was the most important influence in my life he was a bad influence on the children — verb (= charm) induce into action by using one's charm She charmed him into giving her all his money

Synonyms influence synonyms

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influence English » English

affect power impact effect authority sway induce persuade control convince act impress action impression force move might work lead act upon touch pull prestige clout appeal to urge tempt strength incite importance have an effect on energy domination charm cause stir shape reaction potency impel exert influence entice determine cajole transform talk into spread rouse renown regulate

Topics influence topics

What do people use influence to talk about?
Language and thought Want

Influence
Social behavior Behavior

Change behavior
Language and thought Emotion Feel good Happy

Calm
Social behavior Religion Miracle, supernatural power

Demon possession
Daily life Food Types of food Alcoholic beverage

Drunk

Conjugation influence conjugation

How do you conjugate influence?

influence · verb

Examples influence examples

How do I use influence in a sentence?

Simple sentences

He had great influence on those around him.
He has strong influence on people around him.
It is important that you free yourself of his influence.
Do you think our climate has an influence on our character?
His influence in the committee became weaker and weaker.
Which idea do you think had the greatest influence on the English in the Middle Ages?
The influence of TV on society is great.
Our sphere of influence has expanded so much since then.
It has an important influence upon our lives.
The union exerts a dominant influence on the conservative party.
The union has a dominant influence on the conservative party.
Its potential influence cannot be overestimated.
The teacher has a great influence on his pupils.
The new nation is under the economic influence of Japan.
It has been demonstrated in various researches that the private sector has little influence over policy making.
Such magazines have a great influence on children.
Such toys have a bad influence on children.
He was under the influence of alcohol when he crashed his car.
Don't drive under the influence of alcohol.
He was a great influence on me.
It should be added that his remarks had no direct influence on the constituency.
His influence is still potent.
His influence extends all over the country.
His father had a good influence on him.

Movie subtitles

Classic Mediterranean, with a very specific and dare I say very personal Hellenic influence.
Because she's a bad influence.
A TALE of the modern re-appearance of an 11th Century Myth involting the strange and mysterious influence of a mountebank monk over a somnambulist.
Don't try to influence me!
Despite the financial influence of Count Muffat, Nana, who attempted to play a distinguished role, has just suffered a resounding failure.
Alive, yes, but in greater danger, for she's already under his influence.
She's under his influence.
Dr Waldman, you have influence with Henry.
He thinks he's entitled to a little influence here, and you and the girls try to stop him.
Your paper could be an influence against gangsters.
Those men and women have a right to expect that I will not be corrupted by money, influence, or even by my own personal feelings.
You will resign all claim to Sergei because it would be my duty to remove him from your influence.
The fact that he was a good friend of yours, was not of undue influence upon you?
He's sure to have influence.
They're scattered, but still have influence at the court, among university students and bankers.
You flatter me thinking I have such influence on His Majesty.
If he's an elder, then the influence he has over the other Blessed could be quite significant.
Artists need help and influence.
It's the first time he ever did, and if it wasn't for your husband's bad influence this wouldn't have happened.
And do you expect me to believe that a man so affected. actually becomes a wolf. under the influence of the full moon?
One would think that there's Russian influence at the back of Surat Khan.
Do you believe that the dead can influence the living?
Then do this. The next time you feel this influence, don't avoid it.
A bail on John Mayer will have a big influence on the trial. He'll definitely escape to the third country during his bail.
Mr. Peabody, then I wonder. if you could use your influence with Mrs. Random, that would be nice.
Influence.
I view with alarm the influence over you of this Bolshevik lady.
How can an unavoidable misfortune like this have any influence on the upright citizens of our fair city? -Baloney.
I want your honest opinion. Don't let me influence you.
Now, don't let me influence you.
Don't let me influence you.
I wouldn't try to influence you any more than I would the boys, Joe, but the way you're talking maybe you'd better stay.
What did I tell you? Lieutenant, have you any influence with the police?
Here, the fortunate ones, through money or influence or luck might obtain exit visas and scurry to Lisbon. And from Lisbon to the New World.
My dear Ricky, you overestimate the influence of the Gestapo.
Well, don't let me influence you.

News and current affairs

Of course, such considerations might have little influence on prices.
The voter-turnout problem partly reflects frustration about the present state of the EU, and also people's impression that they can exert little influence by voting one way or the other.
There are some who say that this would mean a loss of influence on the part of those countries which choose not to integrate more closely.
But influence is not an end in itself - it is a means to an end.
Greece, on the other hand, is under the influence of a strong import lobby.
Now that the worst has, indeed, proven true, Ethiopia and all of East Africa will need to learn to live without the stabilizing influence of its great dictator-diplomat.
When it occasionally does, even for a short interval - as UN Resolution 1701 for cessation of hostilities in Lebanon seems to be holding - it is time to take stock of events in the hopes that a responsible debate may influence those in power.
As an anti-status quo power, Iran is not pursuing nuclear capabilities in order to destroy Israel, but to gain prestige and influence in a hostile environment and as a shield for its challenge to the regional order.
Iran's growing regional influence does not stem from its military expenditures, which are far lower than those of its enemies, but from its challenge to America and Israel through an astute use of soft power.
Their altruism may include their time and talents, and influence their choice of career.
Earlier this year, they staged partial, and tightly regulated municipal elections, with no independent opinion permitted to influence when and how the ballots were held.
Europe's global influence is feeble because of its internal quarrels and lack of unity, which render the European Union weak and limit its ability to act.
The Chinese are steadily gaining influence in Africa, not with bombers, but with money.
Others define hegemony as the ability to set the rules of the international system; but precisely how much influence over this process a hegemon must have, relative to other powers, remains unclear.
After all, since then the EP's influence and powers of joint decision-making have grown constantly.
Of course, women's changing status may not translate immediately into growing political influence.
As a result, the traditional power of states and leaders is declining; in today's global economy, innovators, not politicians, wield the most influence.
Instead, his outburst is best explained as a sign of frustration over the fact that French influence in the EU is being diluted.
Like King Lear after he lost his kingdom, there is nothing France can do about its lost influence but rage impotently.
Islamic fundamentalists reckon that what the rest of us regard as the liberalizing influence of technological progress and globalization is a brash re-run of Western colonialism.

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