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Noun influence has 5 senses
- influence - a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc; "used her parents' influence to get the job"
--1 is a kind of power, powerfulness
--1 has particulars:
- influence - causing something without any direct or apparent effort
--2 is a kind of causing, causation
--2 has particulars:
- influence - a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"
--3 is a kind of determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor
--3 has particulars:
- influence - the effect of one thing (or person) on another; "the influence of mechanical action"
--4 is a kind of consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
--4 has particulars: perturbation; purchase; wind
- influence - one having power to influence another; "she was the most important influence in my life"; "he was a bad influence on the children"
--5 is a kind of power, force
Verb influence has 3 senses
- influence, act upon, 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"
--1 is one way to affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate - shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
--2 is one way to cause, do, make
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
- charm, influence, tempt - induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
--3 is one way to persuade
Sample sentence:
They influence him to write the letter
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