Canadian English Meaning of influence

influence

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Definitions and Meaning of influence in English

Wordnet

influence (n)

a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc

causing something without any direct or apparent effort

a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do

the effect of one thing (or person) on another

one having power to influence another

Wordnet

influence (v)

have and exert influence or effect

shape or influence; give direction to

induce into action by using one's charm

Webster

influence (n.)

A flowing in or upon; influx.

Hence, in general, the bringing about of an effect, phusical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; the influence, according to astrologers,of the stars over affairs.

Power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.; reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of influence in the community.

Induction.

Webster

influence (v. t.)

To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to move; to persuade; to induce.

FAQs About the word influence

influence

a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc, causing something without any direct or apparent effort, a cognitive factor that ten

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helplessness,powerlessness,weakness

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