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English noun: influence | |||
| 1. | influence (attribute) a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc | ||
| Samples | Used her parents' influence to get the job. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | power, powerfulness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dead hand, dead hand of the past, force, grasp, grip, mortmain | ||
| 2. | influence (act) causing something without any direct or apparent effort | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | causation, causing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cross-pollination, encroachment, enticement, exposure, hypnotism, impact, impingement, manipulation, mesmerism, suggestion, temptation, use | ||
| 3. | influence (cognition) a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do | ||
| Samples | Her wishes had a great influence on his thinking. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | causal factor, determinant, determinative, determiner, determining factor | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | canker, enticement, imponderable, imprint, morale builder, pestilence, support, temptation | ||
| 4. | influence (phenomenon) the effect of one thing (or person) on another | ||
| Samples | The influence of mechanical action. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | perturbation, purchase, wind | ||
| 5. | influence (person) one having power to influence another | ||
| Samples | She was the most important influence in my life. He was a bad influence on the children. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | force, power | ||
English verb: influence | |||
| 1. | influence (social) have and exert influence or effect | ||
| Samples | The artist's work influenced the young painter. She worked on her friends to support the political candidate. | ||
| Synonyms | act upon, work | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blackjack, blackmail, carry, color, colour, dominate, fix, form, get at, imprint, manipulate, militate, persuade, prejudice, prepossess, pressure, pull strings, pull wires, sway, swing, swing over | ||
| 2. | influence (cognition) shape or influence; give direction to | ||
| Samples | Experience often determines ability. Mold public opinion. | ||
| Synonyms | determine, mold, regulate, shape | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something. Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cause, do, make | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | carry weight, decide, disincline, dispose, incline, index, indispose, miscreate, pace, predetermine, reshape, time | ||
| 3. | influence (communication) induce into action by using one's charm | ||
| Samples | She charmed him into giving her all his money. | ||
| Examples | They influence him to write the letter | ||
| Synonyms | charm, tempt | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | persuade | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bewitch, magnetise, magnetize, mesmerise, mesmerize, spellbind | ||
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