influence


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influence
v. affect, impact; impel, control
 
n. effect, impact, action of a person or thing which affects another; person or thing which has power to affect others; use of personal connections to manipulate people or events

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influence

Noun
1. a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc; "used her parents' influence to get the job"
(hypernym) power, powerfulness
(hyponym) dead hand, dead hand of the past, mortmain
(derivation) charm, tempt
2. causing something without any direct or apparent effort
(hypernym) causing, causation
(hyponym) cross-pollination
(derivation) determine, shape, mold, regulate
3. a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"
(hypernym) determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor
(hyponym) imponderable
(derivation) act upon, work
4. the effect of one thing (or person) on another; "the influence of mechanical action"
(hypernym) consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
(hyponym) perturbation
(derivation) charm, tempt
5. one having power to influence another; "she was the most important influence in my life"; "he was a bad influence on the children"
(hypernym) power, force
(derivation) charm, tempt

Verb
1. have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"
(synonym) act upon, work
(hypernym) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
(hyponym) prejudice, prepossess
2. shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
(synonym) determine, shape, mold, regulate
(hypernym) cause, do, make
(hyponym) dispose, incline
3. induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
(synonym) charm, tempt
(hypernym) persuade
(hyponym) magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind


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influence
nf. influence, weight, induction; exertion, leverage; potency, standing
 
influencé
adj. influenced, affected
 
influencer
v. influence, bias, sway; prepossess, swing, involve

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influence
v. ovlivnit
 
n. vliv; faktor/osoba mající vliv na koho/co