influence

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The power to affect how someone or something acts, thinks, or develops.

   She used her influence to help her friend get the job.

2. 2
   noun

   A person or thing that has such power or effect.

   His teacher was a major influence on his career.

3. 3
   verb

   To affect how someone or something acts, thinks, or develops.

   Advertising can strongly influence what people buy.

Common collocations

• influence someone's thinking Verb + noun
• salutary influence Adjective + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Medieval Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Medieval Latin fluō Medieval Latin īnfluōder. Medieval Latin īnfluēns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Medieval Latin -ius Medieval Latin -ia Medieval Latin īnfluentiabor. Old French influenceder. Middle English influence English influence From Middle English influence, from Old French influence (“emanation from the stars affecting one's fate”), from Medieval Latin īnfluentia,…

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