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Influence or influencer may refer to:

• Social influence, in social psychology, influence in interpersonal relationships
  • Minority influence, when the minority affect the behavior or beliefs of the majority
• Influencer marketing, through individuals that have influence over potential buyers

Science and technology[edit]

• Sphere of influence (astrodynamics), the region around a celestial body in which it is the primary gravitational influence on orbiting objects
• Sphere of influence (black hole), a region around a black hole in which the gravity of the black hole dominates that of the host galaxy’s bulge

Politics[edit]

• Undue influence, in contract law, where one person takes advantage of a position of power over another person
• Sphere of influence, in political science, an area over which a state or organization has some indirect control
• Agent of influence, an agent of some stature who uses his or her position to influence public opinion or decision making to produce results beneficial to the country whose intelligence service operates the agent
• Office of Strategic Influence, a short-lived U.S. government department

Film, television and theatre[edit]

• Influence (film), a 2020 Canadian/South African documentary
• The Influence (2010 film), a South Korean film
• The Influence (2019 film), a Spanish horror film
• La influencia (2007 film), or The Influence, a Spanish drama film
• Influence (play), a 2005 play by David Williamson
• «Influence» (The Good Doctor), a 2020 TV episode
• «Influence» (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), a 2006 TV episode

Music[edit]

• Influence (band), a rock band formed in the 1960s

Albums[edit]

• The Influence (album), an album by jazz artist Jimmy Raney.
• Influences (album), a 1984 album by Mark King
• Influence (Ardijah album), a 1996 album by the New Zealand group Ardijah
• Influence (Sister Machine Gun album), a 2003 album by Sister Machine Gun
• Influence, a 1992 album by Little Caesar

Songs[edit]

• «Influence», a song by Tove Lo from Lady Wood
• «Influence» (Sister Machine Gun song), a song by Sister Machine Gun from the album Influence (Sister Machine Gun album)
• Influencer (song), a 2017 single from Japanese group Nogizaka46

Other uses[edit]

• Driving under the influence, the criminal act of driving while intoxicated
• Influence: Science and Practice, and Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion; two books by Robert Cialdini
• The Influence (Monhegan, Maine), a house in the United States

See also[edit]

• All pages with titles containing Influence or Influences
• All pages with titles beginning with The Influence
• All pages with titles beginning with Influence
• Persuasion
• Manipulation (disambiguation)
• Influenza (disambiguation)

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.flu.əns/
• Hyphenation: in‧flu‧ence

Noun[edit]

influence (countable and uncountable, plural influences)

1. 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.

   • 2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:

     The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.

   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.

   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Terra Firma Party Codex entry:

     Terra Firma is an Alliance political party formed after the First Contact War. Its policy agenda is based on the principle that Earth must ‘stand firm’ against alien influences. This covers a variety of legislation. Recent activities by Terra Firma include opposition to a law requiring high school alien language study, a proposal to increase tariffs on alien imports, and leading a popular movement to mark the First Contact War with a public holiday.

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

   • 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.

   He has been a great influence on the voters during the elections.

4. (astrology) 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.
5. (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.

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

6. (electricity) Electrostatic induction.

Usage notes[edit]

• Adjectives often applied to «influence»: cultural, political, social, economic, military, personal, moral, intellectual, mental, good, bad, positive, negative, beneficial, harmful, huge, big, heavy, significant, important, potential, actual, primary.

Hyponyms[edit]

• social influence

Derived terms[edit]

• influencer

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Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

influence (third-person singular simple present influences, present participle influencing, simple past and past participle influenced)

1. (transitive) 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.

2. (intransitive) To exert, make use of one’s influence.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.

Derived terms[edit]

• influenceable
• influencer
• influencive

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• influent
• influential
• influenza, flu

Translations[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French influence, borrowed from Medieval Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns (“flowing in”), present active participle of īnfluō (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + fluō (“flow”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.fly.ɑ̃s/

Noun[edit]

influence f (plural influences)

1. influence

Derived terms[edit]

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Verb[edit]

influence

1. inflection of influencer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading[edit]

• “influence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns (“flowing in”), present active participle of īnfluō (“flow into”).

Noun[edit]

influence f (oblique plural influences, nominative singular influence, nominative plural influences)

1. inundation; flooding; influx of water
2. influence, especially viewed as a mystical force affecting one’s fate

   Par l’influance des estoiles

   By the influence of the stars

Descendants[edit]

• → English: influence
• French: influence

References[edit]

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (influence, supplement)

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  influence [ˊɪnflυəns]

  1) влия́ние, де́йствие, возде́йствие (on, upon, over — на);

  under the influence of smth. под влия́нием чего́-л.

  2) лицо́, фа́ктор, ока́зывающие влия́ние;

  2.

  v

  ока́зывать влия́ние, влия́ть

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > influence

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  INFLUENCE ON (UPON), OVER (WITH)

  Существительное influence ‘влияние’ обычно употребляется с предлогом on (upon): influence of the surroundings on (upon) a man’s character, influence of the moon on (upon) ebb and tide. В значении ‘доминирующее влияние’ и ‘моральное воздействие’ influence может употребляться с предлогами over и with: to study the influence of the surroundings over (with) a man’s character, moral influence of encouragement over (with) a man.

  Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > influence

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  Англо-русский словарь строительных терминов > influence

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  Персональный Сократ > influence

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  English-Russian dictionary of biology and biotechnology > influence

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  I [‘ɪnflʊəns]

  n

  влияние, воздействие, действие

  He used his influence with the committee. — Он использовал свое влияние в комитете.

  It never had a really wide influence. — Это никогда не имело действительно большого влияния. /Это не пользовалось действительно большим влиянием.

  He had a great influence upon his students. — Он оказал большое влияние на своих студентов.

  — good influence

  
  — cultural influence
  — telling influence
  — sobering influence
  — lasting influences over human life
  — person of influence
  — question of influence
  — people of influence in the world of art
  — influence of the family
  — influence on smb’s opinion
  — influence of the mind on the body
  — under smb’s influence
  — under the influence of smb, of smth
  — under climatic influence
  — owing to outside influence
  — due to outside influence
  — owing to protective influence of vaccination against small-pox
  — under the influence of modern life
  — under the influence of drugs
  — have a great influence on smb, smth
  — have a direct influence
  — undergo a European influence
  — exclude bad influence
  — hold smb under a hypnotic influence
  — have a considerable influence on the 19th century thought
  — have little influence on Western civilisation
  — use undue influence
  — feelike influence of music
  — take decision under the immediate influence of fear
  — come under the influence of his friends
  — have influence with the people
  — be an influence for the peace
  — use one’s influence
  — undergo smb’s influence
  — escape smb’s influence
  — shake off smb’s influence
  — do everything within one’s influence
  — give smb his influence
  — use your influence with him
  — question of family influence
  — his influence in his native town

  USAGE:

  Существительное influence употребляется для обозначения влияния, которое оказывают люди на поведение других людей, события, обстоятельства и используется с предлогами on, with, over: he has a strange influence over her он имеет над ней странную власть; teachers have a great influence on young people преподаватели оказывают сильное влияние на молодых людей; he used all his influence with the committee to get their approval of the plan он использовал в комитете все свое влияние, чтобы добиться у них одобрения этого плана. Влияние, которое оказывают неживые предметы (обстоятельства, события, свойства), обозначается существительным effect: to have an effect on smth, smb оказывать влияние на кого-либо, что-либо; the medicine had no effect on him лекарство на него не подействовало; the towers have a great effect on the sound of the bells башни оказывают большое влияние на качество акустики колоколов; heat had no effect on the spacecraft жара не оказывает никакого влияния на космический корабль

  II [‘ɪnflʊəns]

  v

  влиять, воздействовать, оказывать влияние

  He is easily influenced. — Он легко поддается влиянию.

  The high mountains influence the climate. — Высокие горы влияют на климат

  — influence smb, smth

  
  — influence smb’s choice
  — influence deeply

  English-Russian combinatory dictionary > influence

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  [‘ɪnfluən(t)s]
  1.

  сущ.

  1)

  а) влияние, действие, воздействие

  bad / baleful / baneful influence — дурное влияние

  leavening / moderating influence — сдерживающее влияние

  negative / pernicious influence — негативное влияние, плохое влияние, пагубное воздействие

  powerful / profound / strong influence — сильное, мощное влияние

  to bear / wield influence — иметь влияние

  to consolidate / strengthen one’s influence — укреплять своё влияние

  to counteract / curb / neutralize smb.’s influence — ограничивать, нейтрализовать чьё-л. влияние

  to exert influence on smb. — оказывать влияние на кого-л.

  They have enough influence to get the bill passed. — У них достаточно влияния, чтобы протащить этот законопроект.

  •

  Syn:

  TV is a bad influence on people. — Телевидение плохо влияет на людей.

  Syn:

  ••

  2.

  гл.

  оказывать влияние, влиять, воздействовать

  to influence deeply / profoundly / strongly — оказывать сильное влияние

  Syn:

  Англо-русский современный словарь > influence

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  влияние, воздействие

  — have influence on smb.

  — exert influence on smb.

  — consolidate one’s influence on smb.

  — strengthen one’s influence on smb.

  — reduce one’s influence on smb.

  — lessen one’s influence on smb.

  — weaken one’s influence on smb.

  — diminish one’s influence on smb.

  оказывать влияние, воздействие, влиять

  English-russian dctionary of diplomacy > influence

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  [ˈɪnfluəns]

  contributory influence содействие decisive influence решающее влияние dominant influence преобладающее воздействие dominant influence решающее влияние exercise a dominant influence оказывать решающее влияние external influence внешнее воздействие influence влияние, действие, воздействие influence влияние influence влиятельное лицо influence влиять influence воздействие influence воздействовать influence лицо, фактор, оказывающие влияние influence оказывать влияние, влиять influence оказывать влияние influence оказывать воздействие mutual influence взаимное влияние personal influence личное влияние significant influence значительное влияние under the influence под влиянием undue influence злоупотребление влиянием undue influence недолжное влияние undue influence ненадлежащее влияние user influence влияние потребителей

  English-Russian short dictionary > influence

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  English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > influence

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  1. n влияние, воздействие

  2. n влиятельное лицо

  3. n фактор

  4. v оказывать влияние, воздействие, влиять

  5. v сл. добавлять алкоголь в напитки

  Синонимический ряд:

  1. effect (noun) effect; effectiveness; efficiency; impact; imprint; mark; potency; repercussion

  2. power (noun) authority; control; credit; dominion; leverage; might; power; predominance; prestige; rule; sway; weight

  4. induce (verb) activate; actuate; arouse; convince; impel; incite; induce; instigate; motivate; persuade

  5. sway (verb) affect; bias; carry; control; direct; get; impact; impress; incline; inspire; modify; move; prejudice; prepossess; strike; sway; touch

  Антонимический ряд:

  futility; impotence; incapacity; ineffectiveness; inferiority; meanness; nullity; pettiness; timidity

  English-Russian base dictionary > influence

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  1.

  сущ.

  1)

  общ.

  влияние, действие, воздействие

  They said the president was acting under the influence of the ambassador. — Говорили, что президент действовал под влиянием посла.

  We are suffering from the influence of high exchange rate. — Мы страдаем от влияния высокого валютного курса.

  Syn:

  See:

  2)

  общ.

  фактор [источник] влияния

  See:

  2.

  гл.

  общ.

  воздействовать, влиять, оказывать влияние [давление]

  The decision of the court was not influenced by the speech of the prime minister. — На решение суда не повлияла речь премьер-министра.

  The House was influenced in its decision by the gravity of the financial crisis. — На решения палаты оказал влияние серьезный финансовый кризис.

  The price of oil has influenced the price of industrial goods. — Цена на нефть повлияла на цены промышленных товаров.

  He was accused of trying to influence the select committee. — Его обвинили в попытках повлиять на работу специального комитета.

  See:

  Англо-русский экономический словарь > influence

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  1. [ʹınflʋəns]

  1. влияние, воздействие

  under the influence of — под влиянием; под воздействием

  to have an influence over /on, upon/ smb. — иметь влияние на кого-л.

  she has a civilizing influence on her husband — она оказывает на мужа облагораживающее влияние

  to have influence with smb. — быть авторитетом для кого-л.; оказывать влияние на кого-л.

  will you use your influence with my brother? — повлияйте на моего брата

  to use undue influence on smb. — оказывать давление на кого-л.; злоупотреблять своим влиянием

  2. 1) влиятельное лицо

  he is an influence in his field — в своей области он пользуется большим авторитетом

  2) фактор

  environment is an influence on character — среда — фактор, влияющий на формирование характера

  3. = induction 5

  (to be) under the influence — (быть) под парами

  2. [ʹınflʋəns]

  1. оказывать влияние, воздействие, влиять

  influenced by smth. — под влиянием чего-л.

  2.

  добавлять алкоголь в напитки

  НБАРС > influence

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  1. III

  influence smb., smth. influence one’s comrades влиять /оказывать влияние/ на своих друзей и т. д., I’m not trying to influence you я не пытаюсь на вас воздействовать /оказывать давление/; mountains influence the climate горы влияют на климат

  2. IV

  influence smb., smth. in some manner influence smb., smth. powerfully сильно и т. д. влиять /воздействовать/ на кого-л., что-л., оказывать сильное и т. д. влияние на кого-л., что-л.

  3. VII

  influence smb. to do smth. influence smb. to resign повлиять на чье-л. решение подать в отставку и т. д.

  4. XI

  be influenced in some manner he is easily influenced он легко поддается влиянию; be influenced by smth. be influenced by a sense of duty находиться /быть/ под влиянием чувства долга и т. д.; as a poet he was influenced by Вугоп поэзия Байрона оказала на него влияние; don’t be influenced by bad examples не поддавайтесь влиянию дурных примеров; he was not influenced by promises of riches обещания, что он станет богатым, не оказали на него никакого воздействия

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  influence smb. in smth. influence young people in their decisions оказывать влияние на решения, которые принимает молодежь; influence smb. for the good повлиять на кого-л. в лучшую сторону, оказывать на кого-л. благотворное влияние

  English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > influence

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  влияние
  имя существительное:

  глагол:

  Англо-русский синонимический словарь > influence

влияние, воздействие, действие, влиять, оказывать влияние

существительное ↓

глагол ↓

Словосочетания

exert one’s power or influence — проявить свою власть или влияние  
the salutary influence of pure air — благотворное влияние чистого воздуха  
corrupt judges and their corrupting influence — продажные судьи и их разлагающее влияние  
exercise of influence — осуществление влияния  
to fall under smb.’s influence — попадать под чьё-л. влияние  
bad / baleful / baneful influence — дурное влияние  
cultural influence — культурное влияние  
far-reaching influence — далеко идущее влияние  
good influence — хорошее влияние  
leavening / moderating influence — сдерживающее влияние  
moral influence — моральное влияние  
positive influence — позитивное, положительное влияние  

Примеры с переводом

Возможные однокоренные слова

Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): influence
мн. ч.(plural): influences