to influence
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2.2
- verb
- /ˈɪnfluəns/
:
influir en
- Recent research has revealed that genetic factors may influence an individual's susceptibility to meningitis.
- influence decisions
- influence behavior
- influence attitudes
You're saying they can influence what our kids do.
- You're saying they can influence what our kids do.
- It influences and is influenced by tone of voice.
- He's the one that is influencing all of the events.
- How does space and distance influence student engagement?
- They all have their own ways of influencing how people shop.
- Things happening in your brain can influence your immune system.
- All these things are major influencing factors on male sexuality.
- Did Ralph Waldo Emerson influence any of these thinkers?
- And how much of your life influences the show?
Examples
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How does space and distance influence student engagement?
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So these are real factors that influence the mode choice.
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Certain circumstances in developing countries directly influence how medical devices benefit the general public.
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In the short term, fire can influence the carbon cycle in a number of ways.
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Things happening in your brain can influence your immune system.
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You're saying they can influence what our kids do.
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So you shouldn't let this influence your opinion, Paul.
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In the educational setting, academic performance is influenced by teachers, peers, or family members.
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And technology influences the way we think, and we live in a dumbed-down culture, and, oh, the sky is blue.
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The teacher's encouragement can influence a student's motivation to learn.
Synonyms
∞
3.0
To cause a change in a person or thing
852
3.8
To try to influence people or a situation using charm
328
3.4
To influence how a person or thing develops
282
3.1
To decide how something will happen or develop
81
3.6
To cause someone to change their opinion or decision
71
4.8
To gradually make someone feel, believe, or value something
42
3.6
To help form someone's character or ideas
Idioms
Compounds
4
6.8
A region where a foreign country has strong political or economic control without formal rule
2
6.2
The area where a person or group can affect decisions even without official power
1
8.8
A person who uses their contacts to get money or favors for others, often in dishonest ways
- Literature
A harmful power that leads people to do wrong for someone's personal gain
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb influence comes from Latin in- + fluere ('to flow'), so to influence someone is to let ideas or feelings 'flow into' them and change how they think or act.