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Sounds | ih'nfluwahns |
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Rhymes | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, and 263 more rhymes in ahns at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc. |
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Examples | "used her parents' influence to get the job" |
Narrower | dead hand, dead hand of the past, mortmain; force; grip, grasp |
Broader | power, powerfulness |
Verbs | influence; influence |
Meaning | Causing something without any direct or apparent effort. |
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Narrower | cross-pollination; exposure; impingement, encroachment, impact; manipulation, use; hypnotism, mesmerism, suggestion; persuasion; enticement, temptation; dissuasion |
Broader | causing, causation |
Verbs | influence |
Meaning | A cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do. |
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Examples | "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking" |
Narrower | imponderable; imprint; morale builder; pestilence; support; temptation, enticement |
Broader | determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor |
Verbs | influence |
Meaning | The effect of one thing (or person) on another. |
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Examples | "the influence of mechanical action" |
Narrower | perturbation; purchase; wind |
Broader | consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot |
Verbs | influence; influence; influence |
Meaning | One having power to influence another. |
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Examples | "she was the most important influence in my life"; "he was a bad influence on the children" |
Broader | power, force |
Verbs | influence; influence; influence |
Meaning | Have and exert influence or effect. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "The artist's work influenced the young painter" |
Synonyms | act upon, work |
Narrower | prejudice, prepossess; imprint, form; militate; manipulate, pull strings, pull wires; color, colour; swing, swing over; blackmail, blackjack, pressure; carry, persuade, sway; get at; dominate |
Broader | affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch |
Nouns | influence; influence; influence; influence |
Meaning | Shape or influence. Give direction to. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something; Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE |
Synonyms | determine, shape, mold, regulate |
Narrower | dispose, incline; indispose, disincline; miscreate; carry weight; decide; reshape; time; index; pace; predetermine |
Broader | cause, do, make |
Nouns | influence; influence; influence |
Meaning | Induce into action by using one's charm. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something |
Model | They influence him to write the letter |
Synonyms | charm, tempt |
Narrower | magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind |
Broader | persuade |
Nouns | influence; influence; influence |