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influence

noun
/ˈɪn.flu.əns//ɪnˈflu.əns/US

Etymology

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, from Latin īnfluēns (“flowing in”), present active participle of īnfluō (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + fluō (“flow”). Doublet of influenza.

  1. derived from īnfluēns
  2. derived from īnfluentia
  3. derived from influence
  4. inherited from influence

Definitions

  1. The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone

    The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.

    • I have absolutely no influence over him.

  2. An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.

    • I'm not able to exercise influence over him.

  3. A person or thing exerting such power or action.

    • He has been a great influence on the voters during the elections.
    • The animals were thoroughly frightened. It seemed to them as though Snowball were some kind of invisible influence, pervading the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers.
    • Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by…

      An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.

    2. The action of flowing in

      The action of flowing in; influx.

      • God hath his influence into the very essence of all things.

    3. Electrostatic induction.

    4. To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action

      To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.

      • The politician wants to influence the public.
      • I must admit that this book influenced my outlook on life.

    5. To exert, make use of one's influence.

    6. To cause to flow in or into

      To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.

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Derived

agent of influence, area of influence, bad influence, influenceless, influence machine, influence peddling, kidfluence, malinfluence, noninfluence, sphere of influence, trading in influence, traffic of influence, under the influence, undue influence, uninfluence, coinfluence, counterinfluence, influencer, misinfluence, thinkfluence, influenceability, influenceable, influencee, influencive, interinfluence, noninfluencing, outinfluence, overinfluence, reinfluence, uninfluencing

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at influence. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at influence. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at influence

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA