| NOUN | attribute | influence | a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc |
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| act | influence | causing something without any direct or apparent effort | |
| cognition | influence | a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do | |
| phenomenon | influence | the effect of one thing (or person) on another | |
| person | influence | one having power to influence another | |
| VERB | social | influence, act upon, work | have and exert influence or effect |
| cognition | influence, determine, shape, mold, regulate | shape or influence | |
| communication | influence, charm, tempt | induce into action by using one's charm |
| Sounds | ih'nfluwahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | A power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc. | |
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| Example | "used her parents' influence to get the job" | |
| Narrower | dead hand, dead hand of the past, mortmain | The oppressive influence of past events or decisions |
| force | A powerful effect or influence | |
| grip, grasp | An intellectual hold or understanding | |
| Broader | power, powerfulness | possession of controlling influence |
| Spanish | influencia, influjo | |
| Catalan | influència, influx | |
| Adjectives | influential | having or exercising influence or power |
| Verbs | influence | induce into action by using one's charm |
| influence | have and exert influence or effect | |
| Meaning | Causing something without any direct or apparent effort. | |
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| Narrower | cross-pollination | stimulating / stimulating influence among diverse elements |
| enticement, temptation | The act of influencing by exciting hope or desire | |
| exposure | The act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience | |
| hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion | The act of inducing hypnosis | |
| impingement, encroachment, impact | Influencing strongly | |
| manipulation, use | Exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage | |
| Broader | causing, causation | The act of causing something to happen / happen |
| Spanish | influencia | |
| Catalan | influència | |
| Verbs | influence | shape or influence |
| Meaning | A cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do. | |
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| Example | "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking" | |
| Narrower | imponderable | A factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed |
| imprint | A distinctive influence | |
| morale builder | Something or someone who influences by building or strengthening morale | |
| pestilence, canker | A pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of | |
| support | Something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest | |
| temptation, enticement | Something that seduces or has the quality to seduce | |
| Broader | determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor | A determining or causal element or factor |
| Spanish | influencia | |
| Catalan | influència, influx | |
| Verbs | influence | have and exert influence or effect |
| Meaning | The effect of one thing (or person) on another. | |
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| Example | "the influence of mechanical action" | |
| Narrower | perturbation | (physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly |
| purchase | A means of exerting influence or gaining advantage | |
| wind | A tendency or force that influences events | |
| Broader | consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot | A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon |
| Spanish | influencia | |
| Catalan | influència | |
| Adjectives | influential | having or exercising influence or power |
| Verbs | influence | shape or influence |
| influence | induce into action by using one's charm | |
| influence | have and exert influence or effect | |
| Meaning | One having power to influence another. | |
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| Examples |
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| Broader | power, force | One possessing or exercising power or influence or authority |
| Adjectives | influential | having or exercising influence or power |
| Verbs | influence | shape or influence |
| influence | induce into action by using one's charm | |
| influence | have and exert influence or effect | |
| Meaning | Have and exert influence or effect. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The artist's work influenced the young painter" | |
| Synonyms | act upon, work | |
| Narrower | blackmail, blackjack, pressure | Exert pressure on someone through threats / threats |
| carry, persuade, sway | win approval or support for | |
| color, colour | modify or bias | |
| dominate | Be in control | |
| fix | Influence an event or its outcome by illegal means | |
| get at | Influence by corruption | |
| imprint, form | Establish or impress firmly in the mind | |
| manipulate, pull strings, pull wires | Influence or control shrewdly or deviously | |
| militate | Have force or influence | |
| prejudice, prepossess | Influence (somebody's) opinion in advance | |
| swing, swing over | Influence decisively | |
| Broader | affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch | Have an effect upon |
| Spanish | influenciar, influir | |
| Catalan | influenciar, influir | |
| Nouns | influence | a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc |
| influence | a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do | |
| influence | one having power to influence another | |
| influence | the effect of one thing (or person) on another | |
| Meaning | shape or influence; give direction to. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something; Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE | |
| Synonyms | determine, shape, mold, regulate | |
| Narrower | carry weight | Have influence to a specified degree |
| decide | Influence or determine | |
| dispose, incline | make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief | |
| index | Adjust through indexation | |
| indispose, disincline | make unwilling | |
| miscreate | shape or form or make badly | |
| pace | regulate or set the pace of | |
| predetermine | Determine beforehand | |
| reshape | shape anew or differently | |
| time | Set the speed, duration, or execution of | |
| Broader | cause, do, make | give rise to |
| Spanish | determinar, forjar, formarse, influenciar, influir, moldear, regularizarse | |
| Catalan | determinar, forjar, formar-se, influenciar, influir, regularitzar-se | |
| Nouns | influence | causing something without any direct or apparent effort |
| influence | one having power to influence another | |
| influence | the effect of one thing (or person) on another | |
| Meaning | induce into action by using one's charm. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something | |
| Model | They influence him to write the letter | |
| Synonyms | charm, tempt | |
| Narrower | magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind | attract strongly, as if with a magnet |
| Broader | persuade | Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action |
| Spanish | incitar, influenciar, influir, tentar | |
| Catalan | incitar, influenciar, influir, temptar | |
| Nouns | influence | a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc |
| influence | one having power to influence another | |
| influence | the effect of one thing (or person) on another | |
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